Warner bros' "Dolphin Tale" rules Box office with $14.2M

   Dolphin tale starring harry connick and Morgan freeman tops the Box office chart this weekend with $14.2M moving last wek chart topper The Lion King (in 3D) to the third spot. Moneyball still remains No. 2. See full chart below

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count /Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	3	Dolphin Tale	WB	$14,245,000	-25.6%	3,515	+8	$4,053	$37,516,000	$37	2
2	2	Moneyball	Sony	$12,500,000	-35.9%	2,993	-	$4,176	$38,469,000	$50	2
3	1	The Lion King (in 3D)	BV	$11,057,000	-49.6%	2,340	+10	$4,725	$79,652,000	-	3
4	N	50/50	Sum.	$8,858,000	-	2,458	-	$3,604	$8,858,000	-	1
5	N	Courageous	TriS	$8,800,000	-	1,161	-	$7,580	$8,800,000	-	1
6	N	Dream House	Uni.	$8,209,000	-	2,661	-	$3,085	$8,209,000	-	1
7	4	Abduction	LGF	$5,650,000	-48.3%	3,118	-	$1,812	$19,139,000	$35	2
8	N	What's Your Number?	Fox	$5,600,000	-	3,002	-	$1,865	$5,600,000	-	1
9	6	Contagion	WB	$5,040,000	-40.4%	2,744	-392	$1,837	$64,702,000	$60	4
10	5	Killer Elite	ORF	$4,855,000	-48.1%	2,986	-	$1,626	$17,439,000	$70	2
11	7	Drive (2011)	FD	$3,337,000	-42.1%	1,974	-930	$1,690	$27,051,000	$15	3

Dolphin Tale is story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap



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