'Moneyball' tops Friday B.O.

'Moneyball'Sony's "Moneyball" tossed for first last evening within the domestic box office with $6.8 million.Studio thinks the Kaira Pitt starrer will behave much like last year's "The Social Media,Inch revealing its legs with adult auds up through honours season. That given, "Moneyball" should land somewhere inside the high teens to win a couple of days ago. Pic acquired a b Cinemascore from every demo.Disney's "The Lion King" reissue came back for second on Friday with $6.millions of. Dork Hollis, distribution prexy within the Mouse, mentioned there's some concern the discharge was too frontloaded and would hit its soph slump this frame, but midweek sales and last night's perf indicate otherwise.Fresh faces needed another top spots with Warner Bros.' "Dolphin Tale" in third with $5.millions of, and Lionsgate's "Abduction" in fourth with $3.8 million. "Killer Elite," the initial title from Open Road Films, opened up up last evening to roughly $3.4 million."Elite" is predicted to fall around $12 million or $13 million through Sunday, which more often than not meets anticipation for Open Road. The distribbery acquired the film totally free and merely aims to recoup P&A costs. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com