In Jackson, Mississippi in 1963, (left to right) Skeeter Phelan...

In Jackson, Mississippi in 1963, (left to right) Skeeter Phelan (Emma Stone), Minnie Jackson (Octavia Spencer) and Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis) together take a risk that could have profound consequences for them all. Credit: Dale Robinette/DreamWorks Pictures/Dale Robinette

"The Help" continues to clean up at the box office, taking over the No. 1 spot with $20.5 million in its second weekend.

The drama about Southern black maids had debuted in second-place a week earlier. "The Help" raised its domestic total to $71.8 million and bumped "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," which slipped to No. 2 with $16.3 million after two weekends at the top.

A rush of new movies had weak openings: the family sequel "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World" at No. 3 with $12 million; the action remake "Conan the Barbarian" at No. 4 with $10 million; the horror remake "Fright Night" at No. 5 with $8.3 million; and the literary adaptation "One Day" at No. 9 with $5.1 million.

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