User blog:Ceauntay/Box Office: 'I Wanna Live The Dream' tops Friday with $8.5 million in tight race

For three days in a role, Warner Bros.' "I Wanna Live The Dream", starring Amy Tammie, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Lucas TIll topped the box office for Friday, winning in $8.5 million, for it's total of $26 million so far.

With a number of films opening, and strong performers carrying over from previous weeks, the next few earners were neck-and-neck.

Rogue Pictures' "Limitless," starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro has opened a very close $6.6 million.

Newcomer "Paul," starring Brit duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, opened strong with $4.4 million, but it wasn't enough to take Sony holdover "Battle: Los Angeles," which despite a 66% drop from last week, still scored $4.5 million. "Rango" saw a less precipitous decline from last week (21%), with the Paramount computer-animated film taking in $4.3 million. Its total domestic gross is nearing $100 million. Newbie "The Lincoln Lawyer," starring Matthew McConaughey, opened strong with $4.1 million. The rest of the top ten was populated by holdovers. Warner Bros.' "Red Riding Hood" made off with around $2.4 million, while Universal's "The Adjustment Bureau" (starring Matt Damon) nabbed $1.8 million. Disney's 3D toon "Mars Needs Moms" continues to struggle in its second week, tallying $1.5 million, playing on over 3,000 screens. By then end of the weekend, the pricey film's cumulative gross will likely only be around $16 million.

Finally, "Beastly," with Vanessa Hudgens, scared up $1.1 million.