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Monday&#8217;s actuals could, however, fluctuate enough to change the dynamic at the top of the order.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Date Night&#8221; followed in third with $17.3 million, narrowly eclipsing the total for remake &#8220;Death at a Funeral&#8221; ($17 million).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clash of the Titans,&#8221; last week&#8217;s number one, rounded out the top five with $15.8 million.<\/p>\n<p><B>Weekend Top Ten (estimated):<\/b><br \/>\n1)  How to Train Your Dragon &#8211; $20 million ($158.6 million)<br \/>\n2)  Kick Ass &#8211; $19.8 million<br \/>\n3)  Date Night &#8211; $17.3 million ($49.2 million)<br \/>\n4)  Death at a Funeral &#8211; $17 million<br \/>\n5)  Clash of the Titans &#8211; $15.8 million ($133 million)<br \/>\n6)  The Last Song &#8211; $5.8 million ($50 million)<br \/>\n7)  Tyler Perry&#8217;s Why Did I Get Married Too? &#8211; $4.2 million ($54.9 million)<br \/>\n8)  Hot Tub Time Machine &#8211; $3.5 million ($42.5 million)<br \/>\n9)  Alice in Wonderland &#8211; $3.5 million ($324 million)<br \/>\n10) The Bounty Hunter &#8211; $3.2 million ($60.4 million)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Dragon&quot; Tops &quot;Kick Ass,&quot; &quot;Death at a Funeral&quot; In Tight Box Office Race<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After getting off to a strong start Friday, &quot;Kick Ass&quot; ended up forfeiting its number one spot at the weekend box office, according to early estimates. 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