US Box Office: ‘Breaking Dawn I’ Hits Family Movies on Thanksgiving

Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 9:44 am , filed under Shows by Kevin Scott

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Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 credibly held onto its U.S. box office lead in Thanksgiving weekend. The vampire romance film, starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, last week debuted with $139.5 million earnings, the fifth-highest opening in box office history.

‘Breaking Dawn I’ – The penultimate vampire romance film secures the top spot on the chart for two weeks in a row with an estimated $42 million from the last three days, and around $62.3 million on the five-day, Thanksgiving weekend. So far, the movie earned $221.3 million nationally and $489.3 million international.

On the other hand, “The Muppets” lands on the second spot in its opening week. The movie brings back fan-favorite puppets, Miss Piggy and co., Kermit the Frog to the cinema theater collects in an approximately $29.5 million in three days, and an estimated $42 million during the five-day Thanksgiving weekend.

Meanwhile, on third place is kid-friendly film “Happy Feet Two” – The animated movie rakes around $13.4 million in the last three days and $18.3 million in five days holiday weekend.

Both “Arthur Christmas” and “Hugo” exceeded expectations by finishing in the fourth and fifth position respectively.

US box office top ten for the Thanksgiving weekend:

1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – $62.2 million

2. The Muppets – $42 million 

3. Happy Feet Two – $18.5 million

4. Arthur Christmas – $17 million

5. Hugo – $15.3 million

6. Jack and Jill – $14.1 million

7. Immortals – $12.5 million

8. Puss in Boots – $10.3 million

9. Tower Heist – $10.1 million

10. The Descendents – $9.4 million

Tags: Arthur Christmas, Breaking Dawn I, Happy Feet Two, Thanksgiving Box Office, The Muppets, Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, US box office, US Box Office Top Ten

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