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Life As We Know It finished fifth this weekend after finishing second over its opening frame. Like The Social Network and Secretariat, Life As We Know It had a demographic (in this case the rom-com fan) all to itself and was able to hold decently. The Katherine Heigl film earned $9.2 million and was off 37%. The $38 million Warner Bros. effort has now brought in $28.9 million, and could finish with as much as $50 million before its domestic run is complete.

The Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole lands in sixth this weekend, down from fourth last weekend. The Zack Snyder 3D flick earned $4.2 million this weekend and was off 39%. The $80 million Warner Bros. kids flick now has a running total of $46 million and a foreign gross of about $30 million.

Seventh goes to Ben Affleck's The Town, which is in its fifth weekend, and gets buried by time and competition. The Town earned $4 million and was off 37% as the adult targeted Red, Jackass 3D, and The Social Network get in its way just a little bit. Regardless, the $37 million thriller has a domestic running total more than twice its production budget. The Town has earned $80.5 million and could still see $90 million before it's through.

Eighth goes to My Soul To Take, as the little-seen Wes Craven flick gets chopped in half over its second weekend. Soul earned $3.1 million and was off 54% compared to last weekend. Horror is cheap, though, as this one cost $25 million to make so this one won't hurt Universal like Land of the Lost did. Give the horror flick $11.9 million earned so far.

Ninth is Easy A, as the well made high school flick hangs on to a top ten spot for another weekend. Easy A earned $2.7 million and was off 38%. This Screen Gems effort has been huge for the studio, as it cost $8 million to make and has earned $52.3 million so far.

Finally in tenth is the end of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The Oliver Stone flick earned $2.4 million over what will be its last weekend in the top ten, and dropped 49%. While under-performing at the domestic box office ($47.9 million so far), it's having better luck overseas, where it has picked up $36 million so far.

Overall, the box office was way up over last weekend's top 12 ($81.3 million, the lowest October top 12 since 2007), but was up against a very lucrative weekend last year. A year go, the box office was led by Where the Wild Things Are which took in $32.7 million, and was followed by big films like Paranormal Activity, Law Abiding Citizen, and Couples Retreat. The top 12 managed $127.6 million. This year, the top 12 found $121.3 million, an admirable total, but just a little behind what happened last year.

Top Weekend Box Office for 10/15/10-10/17/10 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Jackass 3D	Paramount Pictures	$50,000,000	$50,353,641	New	$50,353,641
2	Red	Summit Entertainment	$22,500,000	$21,761,408	New	$21,761,408
3	The Social Network	SONY	$11,000,000	$10,317,395	New	$62,436,364
4	Secretariat	Walt Disney Pictures	$9,503,000	$9,318,886	- 26.6%	$27,332,941
5	Life as We Know It	Warner Bros. Pictures	$9,200,000	$8,955,409	- 38.3%	$28,620,147
6	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Warner Bros.	$4,235,000	$4,228,236	New	$45,994,776
7	The Town	Warner Bros. Pictures	$4,040,000	$3,977,006	- 38.0%	$80,510,629
8	My Soul to Take	Universal	$3,161,250	$3,170,310	- 53.7%	$11,915,595
9	Easy A	SONY	$2,650,000	$2,633,456	New	$52,317,481
10	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	20th Century Fox	$2,350,000	$2,363,166	New	$47,894,896
11	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Focus Features	$1,264,737	$1,223,455	- 39.2%	$4,005,161
12	You Again	Walt Disney Pictures	$1,227,000	$1,215,987	- 51.6%	$22,982,000
	Also Opening/Notables
	N' Secure	Freestyle	$1,384,614	$1,166,406	New	$1,166,406
	I Want Your Money	Freestyle	$279,240	$249,428	New	$249,428
	Hereafter	DreamWorks	$231,000	$220,322	New	$220,322
	Conviction		$110,000	$102,351	New	$102,351
	Vision	Zeitgeist	N/A	$11,406	New	$14,214
	The Trouble With Terkel	Indican	N/A	$3,972	New	$3,972
	Down Terrace	Magnolia	N/A	$3,088	New	$3,088
	Nowhere Boy		$353,259	$340,792	+546.1%	$412,155
	Stone		$229,000	$229,959	+203.5%	$343,100
	Inside Job	Sony Classics	$90,299	$90,299	New	$153,135
	Tamara Drewe	Sony Pictures Classics	$20,533	$20,533	+ 10.4%	$50,699
	Case 39	Paramount	$1,219,000	$1,206,817	- 55.0%	$11,924,115
	Let Me In	Overture Films	$849,000	$830,676	- 66.1%	$11,046,691
	Waiting For 'Superman'	Paramount Vantage	$753,000	$742,725	New	$2,523,075
	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Sony Classics	$300,902	$300,902	New	$1,291,278
	Devil	Universal	$993,465	$976,005	- 46.1%	$31,577,470
	Never Let Me Go	Fox Searchlight	$325,000	$327,083	- 5.4%	$1,660,353
	Catfish	Universal	$205,320	$210,540	New	$2,629,356
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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