Box Office Report: Four New Films No Match for 'The Help,' 'Rise from the Planet from the Apes'

DreamWorks and Participant Media's The Assistance handily beat a brand new round of rivals to top the Friday box office with $5.8 million, shedding only 24% and boosting its domestic total to some stellar $57.a million.our editor recommendsBox Office Report: 'The Help' Needs No Help Against Its CompetitionBox Office Preview: 'The Help' Eyes No. 1 Box Office Report: 'Fright Night' Makes $400K on Thursday NightFright Evening: Film ReviewOne Day: Film ReviewConan the Barbarian: Film ReviewSpy Kids: Constantly on the planet in 4D: Movie Review Nor could Spy Kids: Constantly on the planet in 4D, Conan the Barbarian or vampire pic Fright Evening trump twentieth century Fox holdover Rise from the Planet from the Apes, that is holding at No. 2, grossing $4.7 million on Friday for any domestic cume of $122 million. PHOTOS: How 'The Help' Was Cast The Assistance, written by Disney, has become on the right course to win the weekend having a forecasted gross of $19 million, while Rise from the Apes should gross between $15 million and $16 million. Lionsgate and Millennium's Conan and DreamWorks' Fright Evening were both sluggish, with Spy Kids in 4D, in the Weinstein Co./Dimension Films, tugging ahead to assert no. 3 place by having an believed Friday gross of $4 million. Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Spy Kids - getting a B+ CinemaScore -- should remain at No. 3, having a forecasted weekend gross of north of $12 million. PHOTOS: The Evolution of Film Vampires of the underworld Conan, costing north of $70 million to create, made roughly $3.7 million on Friday, and it is should finish behind Spy Kids for that weekend. Remake Fright Evening, starring Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin, might not even achieve $tens of millions of for that weekend after grossing $3.a million on Friday, and may be knocked from the top 5 by The new sony holdover The Smurfs. Focus Features' Hathaway As Catwoman-Jim Sturgess romantic drama Eventually, according to British author David Nicholls' best-selling book of the identical title, opened up in far less theaters compared to three other new films to gross $1.9 million on Friday. STORY: Why CinemaScore Matters for Box Office Eventually looks to gross $5.six million for that weekend, and it is likely going for a hit in the Help, with both films appealing heavily to older women. Of 1 Day's opening-evening audience, 72 percent were women, while 73 percent of individuals purchasing tickets were 25 or more. Eventually, Conan and Fright Evening all received a so-so B- CinemScore from moviegoers (in comparison, Fright Evening received strong reviews). Conan performed heavily to males, who composed 76 percent from the audience, with 67 percent older than 25. Fright Evening skewed even older, with 75 % of Friday night's audience within the of 25. Males composed 60 % from the audience (just like The Assistance, Disney is disbursing Fright Evening for DreamWorks). Related Subjects Hathaway As Catwoman Anton Yelchin Colin Farrell Jessica Alba Joel McHale Box Office Emma Stone Spy Kids 4 Rise from the Planet from the Apes Conan the Barbarian The Assistance Fright Evening