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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Leonardo DiCaprio is has lost the third level for "Inception", where he gets his but kick by a real winner - Miranda Cosgrove in "iCarly: The Movie."

Cosgrove's TV sitcom "iCarly" hits the big screen and is likely to earn $45-$50 million during the three day weekend beginning Friday. This film is set to become the biggest opening ever for a live-action G rated movie setting sale defeating "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" and "Hannah Montana: The Movie". It should stay at the top for two weeks when new movies "The Other Guys" and "Step Up 3D" both hits theaters in the very next weekend.

DiCaprio's dreams thriller "Inception" is likely to earn $25 million-$30 million during the three days beginning Friday. The Christopher Nolan saga boasts more than $167 million in domestic earnings entering the weekend.

Besides "Cats & Dogs," new releases include "Dinner for Schmucks," a comedy starring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, and the Zac Efron paranormal fantasy "Charlie St. Cloud."

Both ""Inception" and "Cats & Dogs" come from Warner Bros., which is expecting a 1-2 weekend and "iCarly: The Movie" and "Dinner for Schmucks" come from Paramount Pictures this weekend, which also expecting 1-2 weekend. The first "Cats & Dogs" bowed in July 2001 with $21.7 million, and ended up with $93.4 million domestically. Expect "Kitty Galore" to open a bit higher but just below the weekend tally for "Inception."

The $85 million live-action picture features talking animals voiced by James Marsden, Nick Nolte, Christina Applegate, Roger Moore, Neil Patrick Harris and Sean Hayes. Brad Peyton gets a first feature-directing credit on the Village Roadshow co-production.

Director Jay Roach's "Schmucks" should do best with younger men while topping $20 million through Sunday. The Paramount-DreamWorks-Spyglass co-production totes an estimated $55 million cost.

"St. Cloud," the $44 million story of a young man (Efron) who can still see his dead younger brother, could woo as much as the midteen millions from young women. Burr Steers (Efron's "17 Again") directed the Relativity-Universal project.

In a notable expansion, "The Kids Are All Right" hits wide distribution for the first time, quadrupling to 847 theaters in its fourth weekend. Focus Features had planned to broaden the lesbian-themed comedy-drama to at least 500 locations but upped its expansion plans amid continued high screen averages and rave reviews. The film boasts a $6 million total.