Real Steel, Footloose Duke It For No. 1

First Released: October 16, 2011 12:24 PM EDT Credit: Vital Pictures Caption Movie Clip: The Cast Of Footloose Cowboy On The Party Area! La, Calif. -- The robot boxers of Real Steel and also the ballroom dancers of Footloose have been in a good fight for that box-office title. Based on studio estimations Sunday, the Hugh Jackman tale about machines within the boxing ring required in $16.3 million, which may allow it to be no. 1 movie for that second-straight weekend. But Real Steel arrived barely in front of the remake Footloose, which opened up with $16.a million. Footloose is really a new undertake the eighties film in regards to a youth challenging a cities dance prohibit. The films are close enough they could switch ratings once final amounts are launched Monday. Thehorror remake The One Thing opened up at No. 3 with $8.7 million. Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilsons bird-watching comedy The Large Year flopped having a $3.3 million opening. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.