The Twilight teen movie vampires sucked more money out of theaters over the weekend, leading James Bond, Brad Pitt and the rest of box office pack with $17.4 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales and scoring its third weekly win.
Pitt's new movie, the small-budget gangster film Killing Them Softly, bombed with film goers who planned it with a rare F grade on average in polls. The movie landed in seventh place with $7 million in ticket sales at domestic theaters.
The result were much brighter for Breaking Dawn - Part 2, the fifth and final film in the Twilight vampire and werewolf saga, which has earned $254.6 million at North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters since its smash debut on Nov. 16.
Skyfall starring Daniel Craig as superspy 007 grabbed $17 million and held on to second place, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. Steven Spielberg's historical drama Lincoln, featuring a critically acclaimed performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th U.S. president, ket the No.3 slot with $13.5 million.
A week ago, Breaking Dawn - Part 2 and Skyfall helped push the five day Thanksgiving weekend to a box office record. The success of the two films, plus upcoming releases such as fantasy prequel The Hobbit and musical Les Miserables, are likely to power 2012 ticket sales to an all-time high, according to industry forecasts.
In the No. 4 slot, family movie Rise Of the Guardians captured $13.5 million. The Dreamworks Animation films has taken in $48.9 million since its Thanksgiving weekend debut, one of the slowest starts for a movie from the studio behind Shrek and Kung Fu Panda.
Guardians features the voice of Chris Pine and Alec Baldwin as the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and other childhood favourites who save the world.
Rounding out the top five, survival story Life of Pi earned $12 million and fifth place. The critically praised film from director Ang Lee is based on a book about a boy stranded on a boat with an adult Bengal tiger. Its two week domestic total reached $48.4 million.
The result were much brighter for Breaking Dawn - Part 2, the fifth and final film in the Twilight vampire and werewolf saga, which has earned $254.6 million at North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters since its smash debut on Nov. 16.
Skyfall starring Daniel Craig as superspy 007 grabbed $17 million and held on to second place, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. Steven Spielberg's historical drama Lincoln, featuring a critically acclaimed performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th U.S. president, ket the No.3 slot with $13.5 million.
In the No. 4 slot, family movie Rise Of the Guardians captured $13.5 million. The Dreamworks Animation films has taken in $48.9 million since its Thanksgiving weekend debut, one of the slowest starts for a movie from the studio behind Shrek and Kung Fu Panda.
Guardians features the voice of Chris Pine and Alec Baldwin as the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and other childhood favourites who save the world.
Rounding out the top five, survival story Life of Pi earned $12 million and fifth place. The critically praised film from director Ang Lee is based on a book about a boy stranded on a boat with an adult Bengal tiger. Its two week domestic total reached $48.4 million.
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