LOS ANGELES — It was an odd mix of kiss kiss, slash slash at the weekend box office as movie-goers split their attention between a 1960s chick flick and a tale of Victorian-era mass murder.

        Johnny Depp's Jack the Ripper thriller From Hell debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $11.3 million. Riding in Cars With Boys, a tale of reluctant motherhood in the mid-1960s starring Drew Barrymore, opened a close second with $10.8 million.

        The weekend's other new wide-release film, Robert Redford's military-prison drama The Last Castle, was No. 5 with $7.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

        Training Day, the top film for the last two weekends, slipped to No. 3 with $9.5 million, pushing its total to $57.5 million. Bandits, which opened at No. 2 a week ago, fell to fourth place with $8.4 million.

        Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures are to be released today.

        1. “From Hell,” $11.3 million.

        2. “Riding in Cars With Boys,” $10.8 million.

        3. “Training Day,” $9.5 million.

        4. “Bandits,” $8.4 million.

        5. “The Last Castle,” $7.1 million.

        6. “Serendipity,” $5.8 million.

        7. “Corky Romano,” $5.3 million.

        8. “Don't Say a Word,” $4.4 million.

        9. “Zoolander,” $3.3 million.

        10. “Iron Monkey,” $3.2 million.

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