We have our top ten movies for the weekend. Battle: Los Angeles maintained a huge lead throughout. The assault by Battle was easily won while Rango took a huge lead from Red Riding Hood after Friday’s defeat. In fact, Red Riding Hood had a marginal second place lead on Friday with Rango a bit behind. That is all changed now as you can see below.

I haven’t seen The Adjustment Bureau yet, but hope to this week. Warner Bros. sent me Hereafter, which is also a Matt Damon starrer, to view and offer my comments on the web. Hereafter is directed by Clint Eastwood. It’s his second film with Damon.

On the lower half of top ten movies, I see The King’s Speech is still bringing in the dough after winning the most Oscars. I haven’t heard much about Beastly. If anyone has seen it, please post your thoughts.

1. Battle: Los Angeles
$36,000,000

2. Rango
$23,100,000

3. Red Riding Hood
$14,100,000

4. The Adjustment Bureau
$11,500,000

5. Mars Needs Moms
$6,800,000

6. Hall Pass
$5,100,000

7. Beastly
$5,100,000

8. Just Go With It
$4,000,000

9. The King’s Speech
$3,600,000

10. Gnomeo and Juliet
$3,500,000

When Battle: Los Angeles was being promoted by Sony, the movie looked cool from the very first poster to the last clip. So, I am not surprised that it was the top movie at Friday’s Box Office. As a matter of fact, the Battle: Los Angeles easily won the box office assault by bringing in about $13.5 million.

The closest contender was Red Riding Hood bringing in about $5.7 million while Rango lassoed third place with about $5.5 million. The Adjustment Bureau was next earning about $3.4 million. Disney’s new movie Mars Needs Moms rounded out the top 5 with about $1.7 million.

On the lower half of Friday’s top ten movies, Beastly earned about $1.6 million while Hall Pass brought in about $1.5 million. Just Go With It earned about $1.2 million and The King’s Speech collected about $1 million. The one at the bottom was Unknown, which earned about $975,000.

It looks like at the end of the weekend we will see Battle: Los Angeles bunkered down at the top with Red Riding Hood and Rango vying for second place.

The soundtrack for this trailer is so melancholy that it gets under my skin.

Battle: Los Angeles follows Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon as they battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles. It is up to the sergeant and his men to save planet Earth.

The invasion begins March 11, 2011 in movie theaters everywhere.

The soundtrack for this trailer is so melancholy that it gets under my skin.

Battle: Los Angeles 2011 revolves around a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon’s battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles.

In 1942 Los Angeles had a UFO air craft visit them. It was even reported in the LA Times.  You can check out the story here.