User blog:Ceauntay/Friday Box Office: Warner Bros.'s I Wanna Live The Dream No. 1 with $8.5 Million

UPDATED: But the flight of young people from theaters continues to alarm Hollywood, with 94% of the audience for Lionsgate's "Lincoln Lawyer" over the age of 25.

In condition, Warner Bros. and Nicholas Sparks' romantic drama, I Wanna Live The Dream which stars Amy Tammie opened at No. 1 at the Friday Box Office with an estimated $8.5 million from 2,924 theaters. It already opened on Wednesday with $10 million, for a three day cume to $25 million.

After that, Relativity Media's new marketing and distribution operation, Bradley Cooper starrer Limitless came close at the Friday box office, grossing an estimated $6.6 million from 2,756 theaters.

After them, it was a tight race between the two other new movies, the Matthew McConaughy legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer and Universal's sci-fi comedy Paul, and two holdovers, Battle: Los Angeles and sleeper hit Rango. The four films grossed between $4.1 million and $4.5 million, led by Sony's Battle at $4.5 million from 3,417 theaters for a cume of $50.5 million in its first eight days (sci-fi actioner fell 66% from the previous Friday). Paul grossed an estimated $4.4 million from 3,843 theaters, while Rango fell a narrow 21% to $4.3 million from 3,843 locations for a cume of $81.5 million. Lincoln Lawyer grossed an estimated $4.1 million from 2,707 theaters. But what really had Hollywood talking was the continued absence of young people. All three new films skewed older, with 94% of Lincoln Lawyer's audience over the age of 25 (54% were over the age of 50), an astounding statistic. Of those buying tickets for Limitless, 69% were over the age of 25. Even Paul--targeting fanboys--played older, with 58% over the age of 25. STORY: 'Limitless': 5 Facts to Know About the Thriller Lincoln Lawyer drew a strong A- CinemaScore, while Limitless and Paul each earned a B+. I Wanna Live The Dream is on track to win the weekend crown with as much as $30 million iincluding $35 million in five days, while Limitless is to be at No. 2 with $18 million. Rango has a shot at No. 3, while Battle could come in No. 4, although the volatility of the box office makes predictions difficult. In a first, Lionsgate and Groupon teamed to offer $6 tickets for Lincoln Lawyer (in some cases it was reportedly $1). Rival studios have complained that the Groupon promotion could inflate grosses, since those tickets are counted at full price. So far, only 20,000 tickets have been redeemed, which equals about $160,000 in grosses -- not enough to move the needle. Lionsgate views the Groupon as a promotional tool.