'Help' tops weekend B.O.

'The Help'It would be a tough weekend Stateside for beginners, as plexes were paced by two holdovers: "The Assistance,Inch by having an believed $20.5 million, and "Rise from the Planet from the Apes," at $16.3 million.From the photos bowing, the Weinstein Co.'s three dimensional kidpic "Spy Kids: Constantly on the planetInch worked out best, using its believed third-place take of $12 million. Lionsgate's "Conan the Barbarian" -- also in three dimensional -- adopted by having an underwhelming $tens of millions of estimate through Sunday.The rest of the opening pair, "Fright Evening" and "Eventually,Inch battled to hack $tens of millions of: Disney-DreamWorks' three dimensional horror remake made $8.3 million, while femme-specific lit adaptation "Eventually,Inch from Focus Features, arrived in the low-finish of anticipation with $5.a million.InchThe AssistanceInch held massively now this weekend, lower only 21%, for any domestic cume of $71.8 million. The Disney-DreamWorks pic's tight hold -- a lot better than the most positive forecasted declines around 30% -- signifies that "The AssistanceInch is constantly on the broaden demographically, in addition to attract repeat moviegoers, according to glowing word-of-mouth.Fox's "Apes" and Sony's "The Smurfs" are also reaping helpful benefits from positive buzz, off 41% and 42%, correspondingly. "Smurfs" required within an believed $8 million for that weekend, getting its Stateside cume to $117.7 million "Apes" has cumed $133.8 million locally.Domestic box office ticket sales:1) The Assistance (Disney) -- $20.5 million 2,690 theaters2) Rise from the Planet from the Apes (Fox) -- $16.3 million 3,471 theaters3) Spy Kids: Constantly on the planet (Weinstein Co.) -- $12. million 3,295 theaters4) Conan the Barbarian (Lionsgate) -- $10. million 3,017 theaters5) Fright Evening (Disney) -- $8.3 million 3,114 theaters6) The Smurfs (The new sony) -- $8. million 3,057 theaters7) Final Destination 5 (WB) -- $7.7 million 3,155 theaters8) half an hour or Less (The new sony) -- $6.3 million 2,888 theaters9) Eventually (Focus) -- $5.a million 1,721 theaters10) Crazy Stupid Love (WB) -- $5. million 1,940 theaters Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com