'Real Steel' Knocks Out 'Footloose' At Box Office

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[img]http://moviesblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/281x211160.jpg[/img][url="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1672607/real-steel-footloose-box-office.jhtml"][b]FROM MTV MOVIES:[/b][/url] [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/234610/personmain.jhtml"]Hugh Jackman[/url]'s latest movie proved to be more than a one-hit wonder. [url="/movies/movie/436681/moviemain.jhtml"]"Real Steel"[/url] retained the #1 spot at the box office for a second consecutive weekend, fending off competition from re-workings of '80s classics, [url="/movies/movie/412867/moviemain.jhtml"]"Footloose"[/url] and [url="/movies/movie/448544/moviemain.jhtml"]"The Thing"[/url] (a remake/prequel). Meanwhile, the combined star power of Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin didn't prevent [url="/movies/movie/470954/moviemain.jhtml"]"The Big Year"[/url] from bombing.

"Real Steel" raked in another $16.3 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates, which is a 40 percent drop from its opening weekend. The futuristic robot-boxing flick has made $51.7 million to date, against an estimated production budget of $110 million.

The remake of high-school-dancing flick "Footloose" was just behind with a $16.1 million debut. Critics were mostly kind to the film, with [url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/movies/footloose,1158827/critic-review.html"][i]The Washington Post[/i][/url] commenting, "[D]irector Craig Brewer has delivered a largely unobjectionable note-for-note facsimile of Herbert Ross's ode to teenage rebellion, young love and the unfettered joy of movement." The flick has a 72 percent Tomatometer score on [url="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/footloose-2010/"]Rotten Tomatoes[/url].

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