‘Money Never Sleeps’ takes $7 million in theaters on Friday.
By Mawuse Ziegbe
Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf in “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”
Photo: 20th Century Fox
The Box-Office Top Five
#1 “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” ($7 million)
#2 “The Town” ($5 million)
#3 “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” ($4.6 million)
#4 “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” debuted in third place. Adapted from the children’s book series by author Kathryn Lasky, and boasting voice-over performances from Helen Mirren and Geoffrey Rush, the kid-friendly fantasy flick raked in an estimated $4.6 million.
The high-school comedy “Easy A” continued to turn in good marks at the box office. Featuring a cast of young Hollywood names, including Emma Stone, Penn Badgley and Amanda Bynes, the flick pulled in $3.6 million during its second Friday on screens.
Rounding out the top five with a tale of post-high school awkwardness is “You Again.” Audiences plunked down $2. 8 million to catch Kristen Bell’s turn as a successful PR professional grappling with the fact that her brother’s fiancé is her onetime schoolyard nemesis.
Check out everything we’ve got on “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” “The Town” and <a href="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/388040/moviemain.jhtml"Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole"
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