'Boots' takes Friday B.O.

Knowing by early Friday grosses, "Puss in Boots" will need the most effective devote the weekend box office. Experts the Vital-Dreamworks Animation 3d pic should gross inside the mid-thirties. For that way Friday-evening crowds emerge, though, the film frequently see slightly greater earnings near to $38 million. For comparative amounts, "Puss in Boots" was monitoring below DWA's 2010 fall entry "Megamind," which opened up as much as $46 million through the weekend of November. 5. 20th Century Fox's "With Time,Inch by getting an expected three-day perf of $12 million to $13 million, should beat FilmDistrict's "Rum Diary." B.O. experts expect The Actor-kaira Pitt-toplined "Diary" to gross between $6 000 0000 and $8 million -- no surprise due to the film's limited target demo. Some monitoring services in the 2009 week suggested the pic could earn between $8 million and $11 million, good recognition from the Actor-kaira Pitt. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com