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#1 Puss in Boots from Paramount/Dream Works holds at #1 with a weekend gross of $33.0 million (-3.0%) in 3963 theaters (+11). Total gross to date is $75.5 million. Budget was $130 million.
#2 Tower Heist from Universal debuts at #2 with an opening weekend gross of $24.0 million in 3367 theaters. Budget was $75 million.
#3 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas from Warner Brothers debuts at #3 with an opening weekend gross of $12.9 million in 2875 theaters. Budget was $19 million.
#4 Paranormal Activity 3 from Paramount drops from #2 to #4 with a weekend gross of $8.3 million (-54.1%) in 3286 theaters (-43). Total gross to date is $95.1 million. Budget was $5 million.
#5 In Time from Fox drops from #3 to #5 with a weekend gross of $7.4 million (-37.9%) in 3127 theaters (+5). Total gross to date is $23.9 million. Budget was $40 million.
#6 Footloose (2011) from Paramount drops from #4 to #6 with a weekend gross of $4.4 million (-18.8%) in 2811 theaters (-413). Total gross to date is $44.7 million. Budget was $24 million.
Rounding out the top 12 are:
#7 Real Steel drops from #6 to #7 with a weekend gross of $3.4 million (-28.2%) in 2438 theaters (-476). Total gross to date is $78.7 million. Budget is unknown.
#8 The Rum Diary drops from #5 to #8 with a weekend gross of $2.9 million (-43.1%) in 2292 theaters (+19). Total gross to date is $10.3 million. Budget was $45 million.
#9 The Ides of March drops from #8 to #9 with a weekend gross of $1.9 million (-30.9%)in 1391 theaters (-181). Total gross to date is $36.7 million. Budget is unknown.
#10 Moneyball drops from #9 to #10 with a weekend gross of $1.7 million (-25.2%) in 1278 theaters (-353). Total gross to date is $70.2 million. Budget was $50 million.
#11 The Three Musketeers (2011) drops from #7 to #11 with a weekend gross of $1.6 million (-51.6%) in 1863 theaters (-1154). Total gross to date is $18.0 million. Budget was $75 million.
#12 Courageous drops from #10 to #12 with a weekend gross of $1.5 million (-16.2%) in 1138 theaters (+4). Total gross to date is $29.9 million. Budget was $2 million.
The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $103.6 million (+10.8%).
New movies debuting in wide release this weekend are Immortals, Jack and Jill and J. Edgar.
A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.
Sources:
Box Office Mojo