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Paranormal Activity 3 Scares Up New Box Office Records

(Paramount)

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Audiences were more than happy to get a little horror-fied this weekend.

Paranormal Activity 3 scared up $54 million in theaters, making it the biggest opening of all time for a horror film, as well as the best ever October debut.

Real Steel and teen dance rebellion Footloose came in a distant second and third with $11.3 million and $10.9 million, respectively.

Real Steel Dances Past Footloose for #1

(DreamWorks)

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Hugh Jackman‘s Real Steel, once again, knocks out the competition with a weekend take of $16.3 million, just ahead of the Julianne Hough-Kenny Wormald Footloose remake, which earned $16.1 million.

Coming in a distant third was the horror film The Thing, which made $8.7 million in ticket sales.

Real Steel Knocks Out Competitors For #1

(DreamWorks)

BOX OFFICE

Real Steel is the real deal.

Hugh Jackman‘s robot boxing movie punched out the box office competition with a $27.3 million haul.

The Ides of March, a political thriller starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney, came in second with $10.4 million.

And Dolphin Tale swam to third with $9.2 million.

‘Dolphin Tale’ Flippers Off the Competition at Weekend Box Office

(Warner Bros.)

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Dolphin Tale flippered off Brad Pitt‘s Moneyball for the weekend box office crown.

Dolphin Tale took in $14.2 million, followed by Moneyball with a $12.5 million haul.

Coming in third was The Lion King 3D with $11.1 million in ticket sales.

’50/50′ Trailer with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen

(Summit)

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a young man diagnosed with cancer in 50/50, which mixes comedy and drama in exploring what it’s like to be facing serious illness early in life.

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