Four Christmases, a holiday comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, led the North American box office for the second weekend in a row. The Warner Bros. flick raised its 12-day total to $70.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Only one new movie opened in full wide release, Lionsgate’s action tale Punisher: War Zone, which delivered a weak No. 8 debut with $4 million. Based on Marvel Comics “The Punisher,” the movie stars Ray Stevenson in the title role as a vigilante hero going up against a crime boss.
In limited release, Sony ’s music saga Cadillac Records opened solidly with $3.5 million to come in at No. 9. The film features Adrien Brody, Beyonce Knowles, Jeffrey Wright, Cedric the Entertainer and Mos Def in the story of legendary blues label Chess Records.
Ron Howard’s drama Frost/Nixon had a huge debut in limited release, taking in $180,147 in just three theaters, averaging a whopping $60,049 a cinema. That compares to a $5,451 average in 3,335 theaters for “Four Christmases.”
“Frost/Nixon” expands to more theaters over the next two weeks.
Here is this weekend’s Top 12, courtesy of Yahoo.com -
Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Dec 5 - 7 weekend
| This Wk | Last Wk | Title | Weekend Gross | Cumulative Gross |
Rlse Wks |
# of Theaters |
|
| 1 | 1 | Four Christmases | $18,180,000 | $70,843,000 | 2 | 3335 | |
| 2 | 3 | Twilight | $13,197,000 | $138,552,000 | 3 | 3620 | |
| 3 | 2 | Bolt | $9,696,000 | $79,281,000 | 3 | 3516 | |
| 4 | 5 | Australia | $7,000,000 | $30,869,000 | 2 | 2721 | |
| 5 | 4 | Quantum Of Solace | $6,600,000 | $151,468,000 | 4 | 3423 | |
| 6 | 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $5,100,000 | $165,675,000 | 5 | 3317 | |
| 7 | 7 | Transporter 3 | $4,500,000 | $25,381,000 | 2 | 2626 | |
| 8 | - | Punisher: War Zone | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 1 | 2508 | |
| 9 | - | Cadillac Records | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 1 | 686 | |
| 10 | 8 | Role Models | $2,622,000 | $61,665,000 | 5 | 1907 | |
| 11 | 10 | Milk | $1,690,000 | $4,142,000 | 2 | 99 | |
| 12 | 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,406,000 | $5,344,000 | 4 | 78 |
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