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"The Lion King" remained the king of the box-office jungle for the second week. The Walt Disney reissue beat out Brad Pitt and a sweet dolphin to climb to the top. "The Lion King" remained the No. 1 movie in America with $22.1 million. So far, the film has taken $61.7 million since its re-release.

The Brad Pitt Oscar-bait, "Moneyball" debuted at No. 2 with $20.6 million. Based on the book by Michael Lewis, the author who gave us the previous Oscar-bait "The Blind Side," "Moneyball" became the biggest baseball movie ever to open! (Chris Pratt talks about "Moneyball")

Meanwhile, "Dolphin Tale" was saddled with a strong family film competition with "The Lion King" reissue but still managed to garner solid business with $20.3 million, debuting at No. 3. I enjoyed "Dolphin Tale" so I'm hoping families will get to experience the film in the next coming weeks. (Check out my "Dolphin Tale" movie review right here)

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Exclusive "Dolphin Tale" Interviews (Click the names to see full interviews):

• Morgan Freeman
• Harry Connick Jr.
• Nathan Gamble & Cozi Zuehlsdorff (The Kids)
• Austin Stowell (Kyle)
• Director Charles Martin Smith

Taylor Lautner's first solo starring role, "Abduction," debuted at No. 4 with $11.2 million. Not the greatest opening, but Lionsgate should be able to recoup its investment with the action-thriller.

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Exclusive "Abduction" Intreviews (Click the names to see full interviews)

• Taylor Lautner
• Alfred Molina & Sigourney Weaver
• Director John Singleton

Past weekend's other big release was "Killer Elite" starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro. The action thriller landed at No. 5 with $9.5 million. (Check out my interview with the female lead, Yvonne Strahovski, right here)

Here's the Top 10 List of Box-Office films for weekend of Sept. 23rd:

• "The Lion King," $22.1 million
• "Moneyball," $20.6 million
• "Dolphin Tale," $20.3 million
• "Abduction," $11.2 million
• "Killer Elite," $9.5 million
• "Contagion," $8.6 million
• "Drive," $5.8 million
• "The Help," $4.4 million
• "Straw Dogs," $2.1 million
• "I Don't Know How She Does It," $2.05 million