Real Steel narrowly knocked out Footloose while the weekend’s second 1980’s remake, The Thing, didn’t do anything impressive.
Here is the top 10 for the weekend of October 14 – 16, 2011:
1. Real Steel (BV, $16,304,000)
2. Footloose (2011) (Par., $16,100,000)
3. The Thing (2011) (Uni., $8,700,000)
4. The Ides of March (Sony, $7,500,000)
5. Dolphin Tale (WB, $6,345,000)
6. Moneyball (Sony, $5,500,000)
7. 50/50 (Sum., $4,315,000)
8. Courageous (TriS, $3,400,000)
9. The Big Year (Fox, $3,325,000)
10. The Lion King 3D (BV, $2,708,000)