For such a packed weekend, two holdovers ended up topping them all. Tate Taylor‘s The Help moved from second to first place, dropping a miniscule 21.4% for a $20.47m weekend and a $71.8m total. Rise of the Planet of the Apes fell to second and made another $16.3m for a $133m total.

The new releases all stumbled, with Spy Kids: All the Time in the World doing the best in third place, taking $12m. The two remakes of the weekend, Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night bombed quite heavily. The former took $10m off a reported $90m budget and the latter brought in $8.3m, but only had a $30m budget.

Lone Scherfig’s An Education follow-up One Day may have opened in about half as many theaters, but still fell short of expectations with only $5.12m. Glee The 3D Concert Movie continued to do poorly, dropping almost 70% bringing its total to $10.4m.

In limited releases, John SaylesAmigo took $40k for a decent per-theater-average of $4k while 5 Days of War grabbed $6.4k in two theaters. Senna continued to do quite well grabbing $169k in just 14 theaters while Midnight in Paris crossed the $50m mark before it expands wide again next weekend.

Check out the top 10 below.

1. The Help – $20.47m – $71.8m
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes – $16.3m – $133.76m
3. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World – $12m (debut)
4. Conan the Barbarian – $10m (debut)
5. The Smurfs – $8m – $117.74m
6. Fright Night – $7.9m – $8.3m (debut)
7. Final Destination 5 – $7.7m – $32.32m
8. 30 Minutes or Less – $6.3m – $25.76m
9. One Day – $5.12m (debut)
10. Crazy, Stupid, Love. – $4.95m – $64.42m

Next week sees the release of Colombiana, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and Our Idiot Brother, while Brighton Rock, Circumstance and Higher Ground open in limited release. Will The Help or Rise finally tumble? Check back a week from now to see the results.

Did you see any new releases this weekend? Who do you think will top next weekend?

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