'Awakening' stirs up Friday B.O.

'Underworld Awakening'Sony's occult actioner "Underworld Awakening" needed the domestic B.O. yesterday about $9.4 million.The franchise fourth is keeping pace with studio estimations that have it producing inside the mid-$20 million range to win the weekend. Pic is the first ones to feature 3d and the first ones to star Kate Beckinsale since 2006's "Underworld: Evolution," that the new the new sony is wanting can provide the film better business in holdover frames than its forerunners."Awakening" is outpacing all previous "Underworld" obligations except "Evolution," which made $10.2 million on opening evening.Fox's "Red-colored-colored Tails" made $6 000 0000 Friday to place second. Beginning the weekend, Fox shipped a conservative estimate inside the high single amounts for your frame, while other B.O. experts expect "Red-colored-colored Tails" to land inside the mid-teens and yesterday's gross seems to assist that.Universal holdover "Contraband" acquired $3.7 yesterday, putting it really before Warner Bros.' "Very Noisy and very Close," which opened up up wide within the fifth frame to earn $3.2 million yesterday. Photos have cumed $37.6 000 0000 and $3.9 million, correspondingly.Finally, Relativity opener "Haywire" bowed to $2.9 million yesterday. The Steven Soderbergh pic is predicted to fall inside the high single amounts this frame. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com