LOS ANGELES - Keanu Reeves went to hell and back, but he could not unhitch Will Smith from the top of the box office.

Smith's romance "Hitch" remained the No. 1 weekend movie with $31.8 million, narrowly beating Reeves' demonic thriller "Constantine," which debuted in second place with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The girl-and-her-dog tale "Because of Winn-Dixie" won bragging rights as the weekend's family-film winner over the baby-with-superpowers comedy "Son of the Mask." "Because of Winn-Dixie" opened at No. 3 with $10.85 million, and "Son of the Mask" opened at No. 4 with $7.7 million.

Hollywood continued its strong early-year showing, with the top 12 movies taking in $119.1 million, up 13 percent from President's Day weekend last year.

If those figures hold when final numbers are released Tuesday, that would make it the second-best President's Day weekend ever, behind the $123.8 million total in 2003, when "Daredevil" and "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" led the box office.

1. "Hitch," $31.8 million.

2. "Constantine," $30.5 million.

3. "Because of Winn-Dixie," $10.85 million.

4. "Son of the Mask," $7.7 million.

5. "Million Dollar Baby," $7.2 million.

6. "Are We There Yet?" $6.5 million.

7. "Boogeyman," $5.5 million.

8. "Pooh's Heffalump Movie," $4.4 million.

9. "The Aviator," $4.2 million.

10. "Sideways," $3.9 million.