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Sixth goes to Red Riding Hood, which disappointed with a $14 million opening in the last frame. This weekend, things did not pick up, but the news isn't devastating either. Red earned another $7.3 million, and drops 48% compared to last weekend. The budget for this Warner Bros. entry is $42 million, and the Catherine Hardwicke film should at least approach that figure. Its current total is $26 million.

Seventh goes to The Adjustment Bureau, as the Matt Damon film continues to slip. Bureau earned $5.9 million in its third frame and dropped 49%. These are the types of films that need to break out in the early spring season, or the box office just fades. Unfortunately, The Adjustment Bureau didn't do that, and the $62 million Universal film is not going to earn as much as its production budget. The good news is that it has padded its domestic take with $25 million coming from overseas, so it won't hurt Universal too much. The Adjustment Bureau has made $48.8 million so far.

Eighth is Mars Needs Moms, which somehow had at least a decent hold this weekend. One of the bigger flops in history earned $4.3 million this weekend, off 23% from its ugly $7 million opening last weekend. Remember that Mars Needs Moms cost Disney $150 million to make, and is certainly no Tangled. So far, Mars Needs Moms has earned $15.4 million, and now it's just a matter of waiting to see how much this one loses.

Beastly is ninth, as the other Twilight wannabe in the top ten continues its free fall. Beastly dropped 49% against the opening of Red Riding Hood, and this weekend it drops another 35% as it earns $3.3 million. So far, the small $17 million CBS Films release has earned $22.2 million.

In tenth is Hall Pass, the generally flat comedy from the Farrelly Brothers. The Owen Wilson/Jason Sudeikis flick earned another $2.6 million, falling a pretty lofty 48%. Hall Pass now has earned $40 million, which at least means it has beaten its budget even if it's not going to go much further than that.

Overall, the box office continues to trail 2010 numbers. The top 12 films this weekend earned $104.5 million. A year ago, with Alice in Wonderland on top for the third straight weekend, the top 12 earned $114.5 million. I keep waiting for something to break out and breathe some life into multiplexes, so maybe it will come next weekend. The opener to keep an eye on is Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder's fantasy epic – let's hope it's more 300 and less Watchmen.

Top Weekend Box Office for 3/18/11-3/20/11 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Limitless	Relativity Media	$19,000,000	$18,907,302	New	$18,907,302
2	Rango	Paramount	$15,315,000	$15,076,575	- 33.3%	$92,577,000
3	Battle: Los Angeles	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$14,600,000	$14,538,429	- 59.1%	$60,540,135
4	The Lincoln Lawyer	Lions Gate	$13,400,000	$13,206,453	New	$13,206,453
5	Paul	Universal	$13,155,390	$13,043,310	New	$13,043,310
6	Red Riding Hood	Warner Bros.	$7,255,000	$7,188,131	- 48.7%	$25,895,514
7	The Adjustment Bureau	Universal Pictures	$5,931,800	$5,772,510	- 50.2%	$48,619,550
8	Mars Needs Moms	Walt Disney Pictures	$5,317,000	$5,316,620	- 23.1%	$15,400,434
9	Beastly	CBS Films	$3,260,000	$3,198,478	- 36.3%	$22,183,943
10	Hall Pass	Warner Bros.	$2,600,000	$2,568,334	- 48.7%	$39,557,940
11	Gnomeo and Juliet	Touchstone Pictures	$2,374,000	$2,298,908	- 36.4%	$93,587,290
12	Just Go With It	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$2,300,000	$2,245,115	- 44.1%	$97,964,324
	Also Opening/Notables
	Win Win	Fox Searchlight	$153,615	$150,362	New	$150,362
	Bill Cunningham New York	Zeitgeist	$33,744	$33,677	New	$49,036
	Winter In Wartime	Sony Classics	$16,157	$14,937	New	$14,937
	Desert Flower		$8,039	$7,657	New	$7,657
	Jane Eyre		$477,796	$466,409	+155.0%	$719,514
	Kill the Irishman	Anchor Bay	$143,700	$140,637	-3%	$332,638
	Unknown	The WeinsteinCo.	$1,300,000	$1,279,351	- 62.0%	$61,094,903
	I Am Number Four	Walt Disney Pictures	$1,056,000	$1,015,059	- 55.1%	$52,616,849
	The King's Speech	The Weinstein Company	$2,019,000	$2,034,151	- 43.1%	$132,476,381
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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