It might not have been the knockout punch that DreamWorks and Disney were quite hoping for, but robo-boxing drama **Real Steel **still managed to score a win at the US box office, earning $27.3 million in its first weekend.
George Clooney’s latest directorial job, political drama The Ides of March, also enjoyed a solid start, taking in $10.4 million. The two new arrivals shoved Dolphin Tale down to third, but the heart-warming family pic still nabbed $9.1 million. Moneyball was fourth with $7.5 million and cancer comedy 50/50 stayed in fifth with $5.5 million.
Courageous slipped from fourth to sixth with $4.6 million, and **The Lion King’s **3D re-release fell down to seventh, earning $4.55 million. That still kept it ahead of faltering thriller Dream House, which sank to eighth and $4.5 million. In ninth place we find What’s Your Number? taking $3 million and Abduction slumming it in 10th with $2.9 million.
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