1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn pt. 2- $141.3M
Can someone tell me why Summit Entertainment would EVER want to let the Twilight franchise go quietly into the night? I don't buy it for a second, not when the final installment opened to $141M domestically, just below New Moon's $142M. But that's not all, as the film sucked dry the foreign market to the tune of $199M for a worldwide haul of $340.9M. The fact is, despite many of us raking the series across the coals for how absurd it is, the fan base has remained ridiculously loyal. Believe me, there will be more Twilight moves to come.
2. Skyfall- $41.5M/$161.3M
After a remarkable international debut and a massive domestic opening last weekend, the writing was on the wall for Skyfall to become the highest grossing James Bond film ever, and that's exactly what has happened. In incredibly fast fashion, the film moves into the Bond record books with $669.2M, and its got a long way to go before it's done. The 54% dip is average, so if things continue on this path we could be taking about $800M before all is said and done.
3. Lincoln- $21M/$22.4M
Expanding to 1775 theaters as the nationwide rollout begins, Steven Spielberg's Abe Lincoln biopic looks to be setting itself up for the long haul this holiday season. The film will likely play well for weeks, and should get a noticeable boost as the Oscar push begins.
4. Wreck-It Ralph- $18.3M/$121.5M
5. Flight- $8.6M/$61.3M
6. Argo- $4M/$92M
7. Taken 2- $2.1M/$134.6M
8. Pitch Perfect- $1.26M/$62M
9. Here Comes the Boom- $1.2M/$41M
10. The Sessions- 900K/$2.8M
Bouncing up 9 slots after an expansion of nearly 400 theaters, the festival darling looks to be cashing in on the Oscar buzz for actors John Hawkes and Helen Hunt.
Also opening this week was Silver Linings Playbook, which is getting an art house roll out before a larger expansion in the coming weeks. With a lot of talk surrounding stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, the film opened at 16 sites for $458K, a remarkable $28K average.
The word was less solid for Anna Karenina, which opened at the same number of locations for a total of $315K.
