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Warner Bros.' 3D comedy sequel "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" was out-clawed by two wide-opening rivals, but the studio's leggy pedigree "Inception" finished at the top of the domestic boxoffice during the weekend.

Miranda Cosgrove's "iCarly: The Movie" collected $50.3 million to grab first place this weekend, and may go on for the next two weeks in first place to defeat Will Ferell and Mark Wahlberg's "The Other Guys" and "Step UP 3D".

Meawnhile, Christopher Nolan-directed "Inception" continues with $27.3 million in second place for a for the first time, where it still frame and push cumulative coin for the Leonardo DiCaprio starrer to $193.3 million through its first 17 days. "Kitty" -- the weekend's priciest new release -- proved surprisingly toothless, settling for a sixth place debut with just $12.5 million.

Paramount's Jay Roach-helmed yuck-fest "Dinner for Schmucks" opened solidly with $23.3 million in third place. And Universal's Zac Efron-toplined drama "Charlie St. Cloud" -- a romantic fantasy for teens and tweens -- bowed roughly as expected with $12.1 million in seventh place.

Two pics hitting their sophomore sessions posted relatively modest weekend-over-weekend declines: Sony's action thriller "Salt," starring Angelina Jolie, fell 47% from its opening tally to fetch $19.3 million in fourth place with a $70.8 million cume; Fox's family comedy "Ramona and Beezus" slid from the top rankings on a 53% decline, to $3.7 million and a $6.3 million cume.

Focus Features' dramatic comedy "The Kids Are All Right" expanded wide in its fourth frame -- to 847 theaters from a previous 201 -- and registered $3.5 million, or a sturdy $4,090 per venue. Boasting a $9.6 million cume, "Kids" will add about 100 more locations Friday.

Collectively, the weekend top 10 rung up $128 million, or 20% more than top performers in a comparable frame last year, Rentrak said.

Among limited bows this session, Sony Pictures Classics unspooled the period dramedy "Get Low" -- starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and Lucas Black -- in two New York locations and two in L.A. to gross $90,954, or an auspicious $22,739 per site.

And the Weinstein Co.'s French- and Russian-language dramedy "The Concert" opened with single playdates in N.Y. and L.A. to gross $20,121, or a tuneful $10,060 per engagement.