'Tower' tops Friday B.O.

'Tower Heist'Universal's "Tower Heist" stole first last evening generating $8.a million in the domestic B.O.Throughout this frame this past year, Warner Bros.' "DeadlineInch bowed to $32.7 million, business Uni hopes to duplicate using their ensemble laffer, but this past year repped a far more robust B.O. (this frame this year supports the record for November kickoff weekends). Early forecasts called "Tower Heist" to land near $$ 30 million, nevertheless its Friday figure indicates something reduced the mid-$20 million range.Directly on the caper's tail, DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Puss in Boots" required second with $7.8 million. Associates are anticipating a much better-than-usual 35% drop from last weekend, that will place it within itching distance of "Tower Heist" within the low-$20 millions.Warner Bros.' began the holidays early with "A Really Harold & Kumar three dimensional Christmas," which made $5.4 million Stateside last evening. Forecasts for that threequel's performance vary, but many B.O. experts say it'll land within the mid- or high-teens a few days ago.Two youthful adult-skewing holdovers rounded out last night's tops. Par's "Paranormal Activity 3" gained $2.9 million in the third frame, shedding 55% for any domestic cume of $89.7 million, while Last Century Fox's "Over TimeInch made $2.5 million. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com