'Footloose' tops Friday B.O.

'Footloose'Paramount's "Footloose" taken the domestic B.O. off its ft, grossing roughly $5.six million last evening.Though hardly record-breaking figures, Par's remake should maintain its edge over last frame's champion, "Real Steel," which gained another $4.5 million for Disney. "Footloose" is anticipated to land around $15 million through Sunday.Componen can most likely credit its smartly specific Sept. 30 free sneaks of "Footloose" because of its success last evening, though B.O. gold is not a sure factor because the film is just playing to female audiences versus "Real Steel's" across-the-board appeal.Meanwhile, Universal released prequel "The One Thing" last evening to $3.two million Stateside. Pre-weekend estimations place the film within the low teens this frame, but when it reacts like "The Stepfather" which opened up this time around this past year, it might find it difficult to break $ten million.Sony's two large adult-skewing fall dramas required 4th and fifth place last evening. "The Ides of March" made $2.3 million, while "Moneyball," revealing its legs in the 4th week at softball bat, added another $1.7 million to the tally for any domestic cume of $53.9 million.Finally, Fox's "The Large Year" bowed in eighth last evening to $1.two million. Pre-weekend forecasts called the pic for any dismal $3 million - $5 million this frame, which looks accurate. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com