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Limitless Lands at Top of U.S. Box Office

Relativity Media's LIMITLESS landed at the top of the U.S. box office for the weekend of March 18-20, 2011.

Relativity Media's LIMITLESS landed at the top of the U.S. box office for the weekend of March 18-20, 2011. With vfx from Comen VFX and LOOK! Effects, the sci-fi thriller earned $19 million.

Staying strong in second, Paramount's RANGO rustled up another $15.3 million. With animation from ILM, the Western comedy has a cume of $92.6 million.

Last week's #1, Columbia Pictures' BATTLE: LOS ANGELES, fell to third with $14.6 million. With vfx from Cinema Production Services, Cinesite, Hydraulx, Luma Pictures, Matte World Digital, Persistence of Vision Entertainment, SPIN VFX, Shade VFX, Soho VFX and Spectral Motion, the alien invasion flick has collected $60.6 million to date.

Despite a Groupon deal that discounted tickets to $1, Lionsgate's THE LINCOLN LAWYER only debuted in fourth with $13.4 million. Celluloid VFX and Furious FX provided vfx to the law thriller.

Universal's PAUL set down in fifth with $13.2 million. Double Negative, Baseblack and Spectral Motion provided the vfx.

Warner Bros.' RED RIDING HOOD went over the hill and through the woods and ended up in sixth place. With vfx from Rhythm and Hues and Soho VFX, the teen supernatural romance added $7.26 million to a cume of $26 million.

Universal's THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU slipped from fourth to seventh, bringing in $5.93 million. With Big Film Design, Brainstorm Digital, Hirota Paint Industries (HPI), Phosphene, Proof, Realscan 3D, RhinoFX and Wildfire Visual Effects, the Matt Damon starrer has brought in $48.8 million thus far.

Disney's MARS NEEDS MOMS fell off 23.1% in its second week, kidnapping another $5.32 million. The ImageMovers Digital production has collected $15.4 million.

CBS Films' BEASTLY romanced ninth place with $3.26 million. With vfx from Mr. X, the modern Beauty and the Beast tale has earned $22.2 million.

New Line's HALL PASS closed out the top ten with $2.6 million. The raunchy comedy has a cume of $39.6 million.

Box office numbers were obtained on boxofficemojo.com.

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