real steel prove mettle box office it brave fight opening weekend dreamworks film robot boxing punching needed hit cowboys & aliens fright night stumbled summer didnt necessarily weekend despite 1 launch real steel $273m estimate good rule frail weekend considering movie cost hugh jackman robots come cheap dreamworks breathe easily movie fares coming deadline hollywood real steel needs make $125m north america reliances funding track refers indian corporate giant stumped half capital finance reconstituted dreamworks couple years ago deadline outlets recently reported ceo stacy snider said partnership reliance strong wondering whats happened help bona fide hit dreamworks initial slate earning $162m far north clooneys political thriller ides march debuted second place underwhelming $104m movie received mixed reviews opening venice screening toronto month sony positioning oscar contender financed cross creek pictures run brian oliver money comes consortium wealthy oil gas magnates looking replicate success movie backed black swan wont close swan cross creek plenty movies pipeline including rush formula 1 drama charting rivalry james hunt niki lauda based script peter morgan universal holds rights eyeing 2012 bros dolphin tale fell 1 3 $49m profit expect strong life ancillary platforms dvd cable vod good moneyball sticking proof cream rises close reportedly cost $50m make grossed $493m weekends release sony push awards expect figure coming starring twilights taylor lautner fading ranks 10th $23m weekends bad movie reportedly cost $35m make lionsgate liked make splash kid hollywood lautner projects set town lets reserve judgment leading credentials comes critics didnt like abduction clearly set box office alight movies lacklustre performance shouldnt solely indie movies worth tracking experiencing differing fortunes nicolas winding refns memorable drive earned rave reviews weekends grossed $30m filmdistrict roughly double cost killer elite action flick jason statham clive owen stall second weekend added little $2m $22m running cost $70m thats good news open road films new distributor indie veteran tom ortenberg cinema chains regal amc killer elites australian financier omnilab media ok mitigated exposure cutting deals international distributors based sales agent inferno entertainment movie got pre sales critical indie financing mechanism helps offset risk thats movie premiered toronto month people scratching heads work festivals programmers let i suspect did partly hoping fun action thriller big names partly let international buyers time theyd weekends new releases paramounts remake footloose universals remake thing foxs jack black/steve martin/owen wilson comedy big american 10 7 9 october 20111 real steel ides march dolphin tale $92m moneyball $75m 50/50 $55m courageous $46m lion king 3d $46m dream house $45m whats number $31m abduction $29m $234mhugh industry>film class=author>