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Both should land in the $15 million-territory by weekend&#8217;s end, which means that the Facebook film remains in the running for a second week on top.<\/p>\n<p>New release &#8220;The Secretariat&#8221; can also not totally be counted out, but even if it manages to compete for the weekend crown, its $4.1 million, third place performance Friday will remain something of a disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>Also new was &#8220;My Soul to Take,&#8221; which made nothing of its Wes Craven involvement and higher 3D ticket prices.  It grossed $2.7 million for fourth, slightly edging &#8220;The Town&#8221; and &#8220;Legend of the Guardians,&#8221; which both came in at around $1.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>On the semi-limited front, &#8220;It&#8217;s Kind of a Funny Story&#8221; made no real impact, garnering $679,000 from 742 screens.<\/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;Life as We Know It&quot; Tops Mild Friday Box Office, &quot;Secretariat&quot; Soft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Life as We Know it&quot; claimed a slow Friday at the box office, but its lead over &quot;The Social Network&quot; is so slim that either could end up claiming the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/10\/09\/life-as-we-know-it-tops-mild-friday-box-office-secretariat-soft\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Life as We Know It&quot; Tops Mild Friday Box Office, &quot;Secretariat&quot; Soft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Life as We Know it&quot; claimed a slow Friday at the box office, but its lead over &quot;The Social Network&quot; is so slim that either could end up claiming the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/10\/09\/life-as-we-know-it-tops-mild-friday-box-office-secretariat-soft\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-10-09T17:00:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/10\/09\/life-as-we-know-it-tops-mild-friday-box-office-secretariat-soft\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/10\/09\/life-as-we-know-it-tops-mild-friday-box-office-secretariat-soft\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Life as We Know It\\\" Tops Mild Friday Box Office, \\\"Secretariat\\\" Soft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-10-09T17:00:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-10-09T17:00:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"\\\"Life as We Know it\\\" claimed a slow Friday at the box office, but its lead over \\\"The Social Network\\\" is so slim that either could end up claiming the\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/10\/09\/life-as-we-know-it-tops-mild-friday-box-office-secretariat-soft\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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