'Twilight' remains atop US box office
The last "Twilight" vampire movie clung to top of North America's box office for a second weekend.
The last "Twilight" vampire movie clung to the top of North America s box office for a second weekend, fighting off the latest 007 movie "Skyfall" in second place, figures showed Monday.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2," the fifth and final installment of the wildly popular series, took $43.6 million dollars, according to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.
The previous four films, based on novels by Stephenie Meyer and starting in 2008, earned a colossal $2.4 billion altogether.
In second spot was the new James Bond movie "Skyfall," which earned $35.5 million on its third weekend in theaters, or $51 over the combined five days including last Thursday s Thanksgiving holiday.
Third place went to Steven Spielberg film "Lincoln," starring Daniel Day-Lewis -- tipped for an Oscar for his role of America s assassinated 16th president -- which had $25.7 million in ticket sales.
Entering the top 10 in fourth place was "Rise of the Guardians," DreamWorks s latest animated offering in which Jack Frost is called to help in the battle against evil. It took $23.8 million at the weekend.
Also new was 3D fantasy "Life of Pi" by Oscar-winning Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee, based on a Booker prize-winning novel about an Indian boy adrift on a lifeboat in the Pacific, which took $22.5 million in fifth place.
In sixth spot was "Wreck-It Ralph," the animated Disney film about a video game villain with dreams of becoming a hero, which earned $16.6 million on its fourth week in theaters.
Another new entry, "Red Dawn," about a group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers, took seventh place with $14.3 million worth of tickets sold.
In eighth spot was "Flight," a vehicle for Denzel Washington, who is also drawing Oscar buzz for his role as a crash-landing hero pilot with substance abuse problems. It pulled in $8.5 million.
At number nine was "Silver Linings Playbook," David O. Russell s dramatic comedy about a man s recovery from a meltdown, which won the Toronto Film Festival s top prize in September, and earned $4.4 million this weekend.
Rounding out the top 10 was "Argo," based on the true story of six Americans spirited out of Iran during the 1979-1980 hostage crisis. The film directed by and starring Ben Affleck earned $3.9 million.
