B.O. movies for 'Dolphin Tale'

'Dolphin Tale'Out while using old wait.A quartet of wide releases, introduced by "50/50" and "Courageous," were no match for just about any trio of sturdy holdovers, as Warner Bros.' "Dolphin Tale" elevated within the second week to say the domestic B.O.'s top place by getting an thought $14.2 million. Overseas, Sony's "The Smurfs" likely maintained its eighth-straight No. 1 perch, losing just 15% for just about any weekend take of $10.7 million together with a cume of $380.8 million."Dolphin Tale," which fell just 26%, knocked previous B.O. champion "The Lion King" 3d in the two-week reign for the No. 3 place, departing Sony's "Moneyball" possessing second place. "Lion King," by getting an impressive Stateside cume of $79.7 million, produced in the 3rd frame an thought $11.millions of "Moneyball" needed in $12.5 million.Meanwhile, Sony's "Courageous" -- an under-the-radar contender a couple of days ago -- overperformed by getting an thought $8.8 million, thanks mainly with a strong foothold inside the belief-based community, which gave the film a b -+ CinemaScore rating."Based on (the film's) pre-sales, we understood we'd something beginning the weekend," mentioned The brand new the new sony distrib topper Rory Bruer, mentioning for the pic's $2 million in advanced ticket sales. "Plus, it is the type of film which will work perfectly having its core audience." "Courageous," which wasn't prone to exceed $6 000 0000, showed up just slightly under weekend estimations for Summit's cancer comedy "50/50," grossing a forecasted $8.9 million. The pair could switch-flop when actuals are released on Monday, since some studio estimations have "Courageous" before "50/50."Bowing soft a couple of days ago, Morgan Creek's "Dream House," that's being distribbed by Universal, showed up at No. 6, by getting an thought $8.2 million, while last century Fox's laffer "What's Your Number?" postponed with $5.6 000 0000. ("Dream House" was prone to hit a double-digit opening low-finish pre-weekend predictions for "What's Your Number?" were at $6 000 0000.)The bar was decreased from last weekend, but a comprehensive swath of photos doing mostly OK biz saved overall totals roughly 5% while watching same frame a year ago. In limited release, The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics' "Take Shelter" started out strong, calculating $18,724 from three screens in NY and L.A. for just about any three-day total of $56, 171.Sundance Selects' gay-designed U.K. drama "Weekend" stood a solid expansion, broadening to six engagements for just about any per-screen average of $8,000 plus an thought weekend take of $91,000. In contrast, Relativity Media's "Machine Gun Preacher" made $82,000 from an extended 33 locations, calculating just $2,485 per screen.Kenneth Lonergan's extended-postponed sophomore pic "Margaret" also fought to attain traction a couple of days ago. Pic, from Fox Searchlight, averaged a fundamental $3,748 from two locations and frequently will expand to 12 more U.S. areas on March. 7. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com