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DreamWorks’ “Real Steel” won for second weekend at the box office with $16.3 million, edging out the remake of the 80s hit “Footloose”, which garnered $16.1 million. “Real Steel” finished Sunday with an estimated domestic total of $56.6 million and passed the $100 million mark internationally.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 16, 2011 are as follows:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Steel | Disney | 16,304,000 | 51,743,801 | 3,440 | 4,739 |
| 2 | Footloose | Paramount | 16,100,000 | 16,100,000 | 3,549 | 4,536 |
| 3 | Thing, The | Universal | 8,718,360 | 8,718,360 | 2,996 | 2,910 |
| 4 | Ides Of March, The | Sony | 7,500,000 | 22,154,389 | 2,199 | 3,410 |
| 5 | Dolphin Tale | Warner Bros. | 6,345,000 | 58,671,981 | 3,286 | 1,930 |
| 6 | Moneyball | Sony | 5,500,000 | 57,712,258 | 2,840 | 1,936 |
| 7 | 50/50 | Summit Entertainment | 4,315,000 | 24,334,065 | 2,391 | 1,804 |
| 8 | Courageous | Sony | 3,400,000 | 21,377,590 | 1,214 | 2,800 |
| 9 | Big Year, The | 20th Century Fox | 3,325,000 | 3,325,000 | 2,150 | 1,546 |
| 10 | Lion King, The | Disney | 2,708,000 | 90,451,915 | 1,970 | 1,374 |
| 11 | Dream House | Universal | 2,508,660 | 18,428,030 | 2,172 | 1,155 |
| 12 | Contagion | Warner Bros. | 1,815,000 | 72,003,313 | 1,684 | 1,077 |
