Weekend Box Office Results October 14, 2011 - October 16, 2011

DreamWorks Pictures' Real Steel narrowly won first place at the weekend box office to top for a second straight weekend. The Hugh Jackman-starrer added an estimated $16.3 million to bring its two-week total to $51.7 million domestically. The Shawn Levy-directed action drama, distributed by Disney, finished first overseas as well with $24.2 million for a foreign total of $56.6 million and worldwide total of $108.3 million.
Paramount's Footloose remake, directed by Craig Brewer and starring Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough, debuted in a close second in North America with $16.1 million from 3,549 theaters. The film was made for about $24 million.
Universal prequel The Thing opened in third place to $8.7 million from 2,996 theaters, which was below studio expectations.
In its second weekend, Columbia's The Ides of March earned $7.5 million for a total of $22.2 million so far.
Warner Bros.' Dolphin Tale rounded out the top five with $6.3 million and has collected $58.7 million after four weeks. The family film cost $37 million to produce. As always ladies and gents, we'll be back friday with the latest new releases in theaters. Until then, PEACE !!

TW		Title	Studio			Total
1		Real Steel	DreamWorks Pictures			$51,744,000
2		Footloose	Paramount Pictures			$16,100,000
3		The Thing	Universal Pictures			$8,700,000
4		The Ides of March	Columbia Pictures (Sony)			$22,154,000
5		Dolphin Tale 3D	Warner Bros. Pictures			$58,672,000
6		Moneyball	Columbia Pictures (Sony)			$57,712,000
7		50/50	Summit Entertainment			$24,334,000
8		Courageous	TriStar Pictures (Sony)			$21,378,000
9		The Big Year	20th Century Fox			$3,325,000
10		The Lion King 3D	Walt Disney Pictures			$90,452,000
11		Dream House	Universal Pictures			$18,428,800
12		Contagion	Warner Bros. Pictures			$72,003,000