‘Breaking Dawn Part 1′ Tops US Weekend Box Office for Third Week

Monday, December 5th, 2011 at 11:18 am , filed under Box Office by wilson

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’Breaking Dawn Part 1’ with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the lead roles, has topped the US weekend box office, for the third straight week.

The ‘Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1’ is ruling the box office with its great performance, as it has topped the US weekend box office for the third consecutive week. The movie has grossed $16.9 million in its three-day screening of its third weekend and has collected a total domestic gross of $247.3 million. The vampire movie did a fair business, despite dropping 60% of its ticket sales from the last week.

’Breaking Dawn Part 1’ is followed by ‘The Muppets’ in the second place grossing $11.2 million. The Walt Disney Pictures family movie dropped a drastic 62% of its sales, which is worse than the expectations during the Thanksgiving weekend. The movie has earned ‘A’ CinemaScore. In comparison with the Disney’s last year movie ‘Tangled’ dropped by 55% during its second weekend at the US box office.

On the other hand, ‘Hugo’ a 3D family movie directed by Martin Scorsese has embarked to the third place. The 2011 best film movie titled by the National Board of Review has grossed $7.6 million approximately and totaled its domestic gross to $25.2 million. Meanwhile, the kid-friendly film ‘Arthur Christmas’ has slipped to fourth place with $7.3 million, which has dropped by just 39% of ticket sales and its total domestic cumulative have reached $25.3 million. Another animated movie ‘Happy Feet Two’ is in fifth place with $6 million and added its domestic cumulative to $51.7 million from its three-weeks of theatrical screening.

Check out the complete list of top 10 movies at the US Weekend Box Office.

1. The Twilight Saga’s Breaking Dawn Part I – $16.9 million

2. The Muppets – $11.2 million

3. Hugo – $7.6 million

4. Arthur Christmas – $7.3 million

5. Happy Feet Two – $6 million

6. Jack and Jill – $5.5 million

7. The Descendants – $5.2 million

8. Immortals – $4.3 million

9. Tower Heist – 4.1 million

10. Puss in Boots – $3 million

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