'Real Steel' is the weekend box office champ - Los Angeles Times

The Hugh Jackman film collects $27.3 million, easily besting the competition — George Clooney's 'Ides of March' and two holdover family films.

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For the first time in nearly a month, films just opening in theaters took the top spots at the box office over holdovers. In recent weeks, family films including a 3-D version of 1994's "The Lion King" and the uplifting drama "Dolphin Tale" — also in 3-D — have proved most appealing to moviegoers.

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Though it's been marketed as a science-fiction action flick, "Real Steel" is largely about family as well, centering on a broken relationship between a father and son. About 25% of the audience that the film this weekend consisted of parents and their children, and the movie appealed mostly to men, who made up 66% of the crowd.

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'Real Steel' is the weekend box office champ - Los Angeles Times