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LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt was unable to dethrone the cat at the weekend box office.
Walt Disney’s 3-D reissue of “The Lion King” was No. 1 for the second straight weekend, with $22.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That put it just ahead of Pitt’s baseball drama, “Moneyball,” a Sony Pictures release that opened at No. 2 with $20.6 million.
Debuting closely behind at No. 3 was the Warner Bros. family film “Dolphin Tale” with $20.3 million.
“The Lion King” has done so well that Disney plans to leave it in theaters longer than the two-week run the studio initially planned as a prelude to its Blu-ray DVD debut Oct. 4.
The Associated Press
