Box Office Report: 'The Help' Needs No Help Against Its Competition

DreamWorks and Participant Media holdover The Assistance is on the right course to win the weekend box office race and outperform a crowded pack of recent films, including Conan the Barbarian and Fright Evening.our editor recommendsBox Office Preview: 'The Help' Eyes No. 1 Box Office Report: 'Fright Night' Makes $400K on Thursday NightOne Day's Hathaway As Catwoman: People Did not Think I Possibly Could 'Pull Off' British Accent (Video)'Conan the Barbarian': How Jason Momoa Ready for the Role (Video) Early estimations suggest The Assistance will earn $18 to $19 million for that weekend and put No. one in its second outing. It's rare for any film to spread out at No. 2 after which claim first squeeze next weekend (The Blind Side is really a recent example). PHOTOS: How 'The Help' Was Cast Friday's race itself was searching just like a mash-up between five films: The Assistance, twentieth century Fox's holdover Rise from the Planet from the Apes, Lionsgate's Conan the Barbarian, Dimension Films' Spy Kids: Constantly on the planet in 4D and DreamWorks' vampire pic Fright Evening, which all looked to gross within the $4 million to $5.5 million range. PHOTOS: The Evolution of Film Vampires of the underworld But Help and Apes are required to drag ahead on Saturday or sunday, and finished the weekend at No. 1 with no. 2. Conan the Barbarian and Spy Kids: Constantly on the planet are searching to stay in a detailed race for that weekend having a forecasted gross of $12 million to $13 million each, while Spy Kids has become forecasted to gross $12 million to $13 million for that weekend. COVER STORY: Producer Avi Lerner: Probably The Most Unlikely Movie Mogul Fright Evening, starring Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin, seems to become trailing Spy Kids and Conan, but box office experts caution the selection could easily change if among the films gains traction according to good person to person. Focus Features' Hathaway As Catwoman-Jim Sturgess romantic drama Eventually is beginning off slow, but continues to be likely to hit its target goal of $six million for that weekend. Related Subjects Hathaway As Catwoman Anton Yelchin Colin Farrell Jessica Alba Joel McHale Viola Davis Worldwide Box Office Emma Stone Conan the Barbarian The Assistance Fright Evening Eventually Octavia Spencer