Box Office

From ew, [edit] That’ll do, lizard. Paramount’s Rango, the animated Western starring Johnny Depp and directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy), lassoed the year’s biggest three-day opening so far with $38 million, according to studio estimates...Despite stellar reviews, Rango garnered a dispiriting “C+” grade from CinemaScore audiences. Adults, in particular, didn’t enjoy the ride, with those 25 and up rating the movie a “C.”

In second was the romantic sci-fi thriller The Adjustment Bureau, which collected $20.9 million. The Universal release gave Matt Damon his best leading-man opening since 2007′s The Bourne Ultimatum, while costar Emily Blunt, who also voices Juliet in Gnomeo & Juliet, now has two movies in the top five. Bureau skewed older, with 73 percent of its audience at least 30 years old, and CinemaScore moviegoers gave the PG-13 film a “B” grade.

The fantasy romance Beastly snared third place with $10.1 million. While by no means a stupendous gross, the result is nonetheless a minor victory for CBS Films. T

The week’s other new release, the ’80s-set comedy Take Me Home Tonight, let down Eddie Money fans everywhere. The R-rated film, which was shot way back in 2007, earned just $3.5 million from 2,003 locations — enough for an 11th-place finish. If the estimate holds, that’ll represent the worst debut for a film playing in at least 2,000 theaters since 2009′s Bandslam premiered to $2.2 million.