'Steel' edges 'Footloose' at domestic B.O.

'Real Steel''Footloose'In an aggressive dance-off for that domestic B.O.'s top place, "Real Steel" and "Footloose" came within hailing distance of each other, though Disney is calculating the first kind pic at No. 1 with $16.3 million. Paramount's dance redux first showed by having an believed $16.a million.Successful easier overseas, "Real Steel" nabbed $23.3 million from 28 areas (41% from the worldwide market). Pic has cumed worldwide $108.3 million after two days.The Stateside showdown between "Real Steel" and "Footloose" came lower to Sunday's forecasts, with Disney calculating that DreamWorks' "Real Steel" is going to do better on that day, because of the film's stronghold among family auds. "Footloose," which came a substantial over-35 femme crowd, could still visit a Sunday bump, as moms and kids go to the multiplexes.Also bowing a few days ago, twentieth century Fox's adult-skewing comedy "The Large Year" unsuccessful to consider flight, having a paltry $3.3 million through Sunday.Universal's "The One Thing" -- a prequel to John Carpenter's original 1982 film -- first showed within the U.S., generating a forecasted $8.7 million. That's substantially less than expected pre-weekend monitoring had the film called to earn within the low-double numbers. Worldwide, the film gained $1.5 million from 5 marketplaces. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com