Weekend Box Office: March 11-13

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  Battle: Los Angeles  - $36 million

2.  Rango - $23 million

3.  Red Riding Hood - $14.3 million

4.  The Adjustment Bureau - $11.4 million

5.  Mars Needs Moms - $6.8 million

6.  Hall Pass - $5.1 million

7.  Beastly - $5 million

8.  Just Go With It - $4 million

9.  The King's Speech - $3.6 million

10.  Gnomeo & Juliet - $3.5 million

The box office showed some slight signs of life this weekend, with the alien invasion film Battle: Los Angeles taking the top spot with $36 million.  Johnny Depp's animated Rango had another impressive weekend, earning $23 million to bring its domestic total up to $68 million in just under 10 days (and it didn't even need 3D to get there).

The news wasn't so good for this weekend's other new releases, with Red Riding Hood earning an unimpressive $14.3 million, and Disney's Mars Needs Moms turning into a flop of massive proportions with just $6.8 million (and that did have the benefit of 3D and IMAX screens).  At least they can find some solace with solid performance of Gnomeo & Juliet, which has now earned $89 million.

Otherwise, it was a fairly sleepy weekend at the box office, which is 21% lower than where we were at this time last year.  Next weekend, we'll be getting ready for another alien invasion as the comedy Paul hits theaters, as well as Bradley Cooper's Limitless and Matthew McConaughey's courtroom drama The Lincoln Lawyer.  Summer just can't get here soon enough.