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'The Help' Tops Box Office; 'Apes' Takes Second

'The Help' Tops Box Office; 'Apes' Takes Second

Emma Stone‘s The Help took the top spot at the box office this weekend, bringing in an estimated $20.5 million in ticket sales!

The film, which also stars Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, and Bryce Dallas Howard, bested James Franco‘s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which took in $16.3 million, Variety reports.

Third place went to Jessica Alba‘s Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, with $12 million, followed by Jason Momoa‘s Conan the Barbarian, with $10 million.

Colin Farrell‘s Fright Night took fifth with $8.3 million, and just missing the top five was The Smurfs with $8 million.

Missing the top five was Anne Hathaway and Jim SturgessOne Day, with a lower than expected turnout of $5.1 million.

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