Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Disney’s 17-year old “The Lion King” claimed the weekend box office crown, easily conquering three new releases. The 3D version of the animated film earned an estimated $29.3 million.
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, September 18, 2011 are as follows:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lion King, The | Disney | 29,300,000 | 29,300,000 | 2,330 | 12,575 |
| 2 | Contagion | Warner Bros. | 14,480,000 | 44,192,091 | 3,222 | 4,494 |
| 3 | Drive | FilmDistrict | 11,018,464 | 11,018,464 | 2,886 | 3,817 |
| 4 | Help, The | Disney | 6,438,000 | 147,364,754 | 3,014 | 2,136 |
| 5 | Straw Dogs | Sony | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 2,408 | 2,076 |
| 6 | I Don’t Know How She Does It | The Weinstein Company | 4,502,000 | 4,502,000 | 2,476 | 1,818 |
| 7 | Debt, The | Focus Features | 2,945,897 | 26,543,546 | 1,831 | 1,608 |
| 8 | Warrior | Lionsgate | 2,770,000 | 9,912,300 | 1,883 | 1,471 |
| 9 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | 2,625,000 | 171,618,406 | 2,340 | 1,121 |
| 10 | Colombiana | Sony | 2,300,000 | 33,347,232 | 1,933 | 1,189 |
| 11 | Shark Night 3D | Relativity Media | 1,820,000 | 17,328,701 | 2,082 | 874 |
| 12 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Warner Bros. | 1,600,000 | 80,770,091 | 1,145 | 1,397 |
