The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 managed to hold off all new releases during the Thanksgiving holiday and has earned a total of $222 million since opening last weekend. The Muppets took second place and earned a respectable $42 million over the 5-day holiday. New release Arthur Christmas and Happy Feet Two in its second week didn't fare as well and are performing lower than expected.
The month of December will be a slow period for big genre releases and next weekend is only seeing the debut of limited releases, which include Shame and Sleeping Beauty. We'll have to wait until January 6th for The Devil Inside and January 20th for Underworld Awakening. Here are the top 10 box office results from this weekend:
1 Breaking Dawn Part 1 - $42,000,000
2 The Muppets - $29,500,000
3 Happy Feet Two - $13,400,000
4 Arthur Christmas - $12,700,000
5 Hugo - $11,400,000
6 Jack and Jill - $10,300,000
7 Immortals - $8,800,000
8 Puss In Boots - $7,450,000
9 Tower Heist - $7,320,000
10 The Descendants - $7,200,000
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