Box Office Preview: Kaira Pitt's 'Moneyball' Looks to Out-Run Taylor Lautner's 'Abduction'

Kaira Pitt headliner Moneyball is placed to complete fight having a crop of recent films in the weekend box office - including Taylor Lautner's first solo outing Abduction - nevertheless its most formidable obstacle in striking a house run looks to become family pic Dolphin Tale.our editor recommendsJonah Hill Talks Kaira Pitt's 'Moneyball' PranksNew Study Shows Kaira Pitt's 'Moneyball' Producing Major Buzz Online (Exclusive)'Moneyball's' Kaira Pitt Becomes Among the Couple of Non-Sports athletes to pay for Sports IllustratedWhy Leonardo DiCaprio, Kaira Pitt Would be the Management in Oscar's Best Actor Race (Analysis)Gerard Butler in 'Machine Gun Preacher': What Experts Are Saying'Killer Elite': New Trailer Premieres (Video)Moneyball: Toronto ReviewMachine Gun Preacher: Toronto Film ReviewKiller Elite: Toronto Review Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros., they behind Dolphin Tale, are wishing to strike exactly the same feel-good, inspiring chord they did with box office hit The Blind Side (Alcon funded and created both films, with Warner Bros. marketing and disbursing). PHOTOS: 'Moneyball' Premiere in Concord Monitoring shows Sony's baseball drama Moneyball within the lead heading in to the weekend, having a forecasted opening gross within the high teens to low $20 million range. Directed by Bennett Burns, Moneyball stars Pitt because the real-existence Billy Beane, the gm from the Concord A's who switched the franchise around regardless of the team's bleak finances. Moneyball, drawing strong reviews from experts, and particularly for Pitt's performance, also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill. The film, costing $50 million to create, is dependant on Michael Lewis' 2003 book of the identical title making its world premiere in the Toronto Film Festival. PHOTOS: Toronto Film Festival: 13 Movies to understand Monebyall advantages of strong interest among males and older women but Dolphin Tale also offers strong awareness, and it is monitoring well with females and families. Dolphin Tale, directed by Charles Martin Cruz, is monitoring to spread out within the high teens, although family films are infamously tough to predict. With different true story in regards to a bottlenose dolphin saved from the Florida Coast after her tail was hurt, Dolphin Tale also stars Harry Connick Junior., Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. PHOTOS: 'Abduction' Red-colored Carpet Premiere Disney's three dimensional re-discharge of The Lion King - topping last weekend's box office chart having a stellar $30.two million opening - could pose competition for Dolphin Tale, but many box office experts expect Lion King to fall 50 % in the second outing. Lionsgate's Abduction may be the obvious choice among teen women and more youthful women, but is just searching to spread out within the low teens. However, the film could easily over-perform if enough Twilight fans turn to the begin to see the star. Within the action-thriller, directed by John Singleton, Lautner plays a teen who discovers his parents aren't who they appear at first sight when he sees his picture on the missing children's website. Abduction also stars Lily Collins, Sigourney Weaver, Maria Bello and Freema Agyeman. Killer Elite, another action-thriller, also his theaters a few days ago and it is the very first release from Tom Ortenberg's Open Road Films, the independent purchases and distribution company backed by AMC Entertainment and Regal Entertainment. Killer Elite is causing lots of interest among males, but will need to contend with Moneyball, same with monitoring to spread out within the low teens. The film also stars Clive Owen and was directed by Gary McKendry. Moneyball and Killer Elite aren't the only real game titles playing in the recent Toronto Film Festival to bow a few days ago in the domestic box office: Relativity Media opens Gerard Butler action biopic Machine Gun Preacher in four theaters in NY and La before growing into 15 additional marketplaces on Sept. 30. Relativity acquired U.S. distribution privileges to Machine Gun Preacher from Lionsgate. Several documentaries launch in limited runs, including Jamie Foxx's Thunder Soul, which Kerbside Points of interest opens in 35 theaters and also the Guy Nobody Understood: Looking for My Dad, CIA Spymaster William Colby, which First Run launches in a single theater. Related Subjects Kaira Pitt Rachelle Lefervre Box Office Moneyball The Killer Elite Abduction