Weekend Box Office: November 30 - December 2

Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:

1.  The Twilight Saga:  Breaking Dawn Part 2 - $17.4 million

2.  Skyfall - $17 million

3.  Lincoln - $13.509 million

4.  Rise of the Guardians - $13.500 million

5.  Life of Pi - $12 million

6.  Wreck-It Ralph - $7.02 million

7.  Killing Them Softly - $7 million

8.  Red Dawn - $6.5 million

9.  Flight - $4.5 million

10.  The Collection - $3.4 million

In what was basically a repeat of last weekend's box office results, Breaking Dawn 2 took the top spot for the third weekend in a row with $17.4 million.  The Twilight finale cruised past Skyfall's $246 million domestically to bring its total U.S. box office to $254 million.  But don't feel too badly for James Bond, as Skyfall continues to do blockbuster business both here and overseas, earning $869 million worldwide so far.

Proving that legendary U.S. presidents can be just as popular as teenage vampires and superspies, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln earned another $13.5 million this weekend, bringing its domestic total to $83 million.  It was almost neck-and-neck with Rise in the Guardians, which continued to sputter in its second weekend, earning about $9000 less than Lincoln and only $48 million total since opening over the long Thanksgiving weekend.  Life of Pi, on the other hand, did well in its second weekend, dropping only 46% to earn $12 million. 

New releases went mostly unnoticed this weekend, as Brad Pitt's Killing Them Softly went quietly with just $7 million.  The Collection, a horror sequel to Saw-wannabe The Collector, flopped with just $3.4 million.

Another quiet weekend is in store next week, when Gerard Butler's Playing For Keeps tries to swoon away some of the Twilight audience.  Good luck with that.  And the weekend after that is The Hobbit, which at this point can't come soon enough.