Jacqueline Weller

True Grit" (with Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld, above), a sober western as well as an Oscar hopeful, continued its tear at North American theaters over the weekend, beating the overtly commercial Little Fockers" for first place at the box office. True Grit" (Paramount) was No. 1 with about $15 million in ticket sales for only a three-week total of $110.4 million, reported by Hollywood.com, which compiles box-office statistics. Little Fockers" (Universal) was second with $13.8 million, bringing its three-week total to about $124 million. Season with the Witch," a newcomer starring Nicolas Cage, sold about $10.7 million in third area for Relativity Media. Tron: Legacy" (Walt Disney Studios) sold about $10 million in fourth location, bringing its four-week total to about $148 million. Heavy television advertising helped Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) take fifth place. That Oscar hopeful, starring Natalie Portman, sold $8.4 million to lift its six-week total to $61.5 million. Really the only other new discharge of note, Country Strong" (Sony) with Gwyneth Paltrow, opened quietly in sixth place with $7.three million.