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“Real Steel” easily topped the box office chart with a $27.3 million opening. The Hugh Jackman starrer tells the story of a father and son reunited through the world of robot boxing.
The top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 9, 2011 are as follows:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Steel | Disney | 27,300,000 | 27,300,000 | 3,440 | 7,936 |
| 2 | Ides Of March, The | Sony | 10,400,000 | 10,400,000 | 2,199 | 4,729 |
| 3 | Dolphin Tale | Warner Bros. | 9,160,000 | 49,069,645 | 3,478 | 2,633 |
| 4 | Moneyball | Sony | 7,500,000 | 49,253,178 | 3,018 | 2,485 |
| 5 | 50/50 | Summit Entertainment | 5,500,000 | 17,330,372 | 2,479 | 2,218 |
| 6 | Courageous | Sony | 4,600,000 | 15,892,156 | 1,161 | 3,962 |
| 7 | Lion King, The | Disney | 4,552,000 | 85,961,989 | 2,267 | 2,007 |
| 8 | Dream House | Universal | 4,462,200 | 14,454,165 | 2,664 | 1,675 |
| 9 | What’s Your Number? | 20th Century Fox | 3,050,000 | 10,306,018 | 3,011 | 1,012 |
| 10 | Abduction | Lionsgate | 2,900,000 | 23,369,142 | 2,591 | 1,119 |
| 11 | Contagion | Warner Bros. | 2,845,000 | 68,929,221 | 2,250 | 1,264 |
| 12 | Killer Elite | Open Road | 2,150,443 | 21,596,010 | 2,411 | 891 |
