Weekend Box Offce: December 3-5

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  Tangled - $21.5 million

2.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - $16.7 million

3.  Burlesque - $6.1 million

4.  Unstoppable - $6.1 million

5.  Love and Other Drugs - $5.7 million

6.  Megamind - $5 million

7.  Due Date - $5.2 million

8.  Faster - $3.8 million

9.  The Warrior's Way - $3 million

10.  The Next Three Days - $2.6 million

It was a great weekend for Tangled, but not such a great weekend overall at the box office, as this was one of the slowest box office weekends of the year.  The Disney animated comedy took over first place from Harry Potter with $21.5 million to put its domestic total at $96 million, which at this rate makes it a lock to at least outgross last year's The Princess and the Frog, which made $104 million.  Looks like the decision to un-princess the movie is paying off for the studio.

Falling to second place and dropping 66% from last week's holiday weekend, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 earned another $16.7 million.  It's currently trailing behind the previous Potter films at the same point of their releases, as well as The Twilight Saga: New Moon (seriously?!), but as of today the film has still grossed $244 million in the US and another $469 million worldwide, so it's likely no one really cares about the drops at this point.

Currently tied for third and fourth place are Burlesque and Unstoppable, which means there's a chance they'll switch places once they actual grosses are tallied.  Love and Other Drugs actually had a decent weekend, dropping only 41% to earn $5.7 million. 

This weekend's only new wide release, The Warrior's Way, went mostly unnoticed at the box office, barely cracking the top 10 with $3 million.  However, it has been a terrific weekend for movies no one can find:  Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan opened with $1.3 million in just 18 theaters, 127 Hours earned $1.6 million in 433 theaters, The King's Speech earned $326,000 and I Love You Phillip Morris earned $113,000 - in just 6 theaters apiece.  So Oscar season is definitely in full swing.

Next weekend, we have the Johnny Depp/Angeline Jolie thriller The Tourist, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader opening in theaters.  Is the Narnia series gearing up for comeback?  We'll find out next week.