Real Steel Wins Weekend Box Office

Posted on October 9, 2011

Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman and Evangeline Lilly, easily won this weekend's box office. The upbeat robot boxing drama took in over $27 million. Hugh Jackman trained with Sugar Ray Leonard for his role. The Ides of March, a political drama starring George Clooney and Ryan Goslin, finished in second and made $10.4 million.

Dolphin Tale slipped to third but made another $9 million to bring its total box office gross to near $50 million. Brad Pitt's Moneyball baseball flick came in fourth. It was followed by 50/50, Courageous, The Lion Kind (3D) and Dream House.

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