‘Four Christmases’ Gobbles Up Thanksgiving Box Office
The Warner Bros.’ seasonal comedy “Four Christmases” took a huge helping of the weekend Box Office, taking in an estimated $31.7 million in Friday-Sunday grosses, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Vince Vaughn-Reese Witherspoon vehicle has taken in an approximately $46.7 million since arriving in theaters on Wednesday, one of three films positioned to make full use of a holiday-lengthened weekend.
Disney’s CG-animated feature “Bolt” had a saw a surprising 1% increase from its opening totals a week earlier, registering $26.6 million to rise from third to second place at the Box Office. The impressive comeback performance boosted the film’s 10-day cumulative take to $66.9 million.
Summit Entertainment’s youth-targeting vampire film “Twilight” attracted $26.4 million in total gross over the weekend, dropping it from first to a third-place performance.
Below are Box Office totals for the weekend of November 28-30, 2008, from Nielsen EDI.
| RANK | FILM | STUDIO | WEEKEND | GROSS(MILLIONS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Christmases | SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT | $31,069,826 | $46.1 |
| 2 | Bolt | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS | $26,581,002 | $66.8 |
| 3 | Twilight | SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT | $26,344,032 | $26.2 |
| 4 | Quantum of Solace | SONY PICTURES | $18,833,552 | $141.4 |
| 5 | Australia | TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX | $14,800,723 | $20.0 |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | PARAMOUNT | $14,207,329 | $159.1 |
| 7 | Transporter 3 | LIONSGATE | $12,063,452 | $18.2 |
| 8 | Role Models | UNIVERSAL | $5,191,180 | $57.8 |
| 9 | The Boy in The Striped Pajamas | MIRAMAX | $1,696,187 | $5.2 |
| 10 | Milk | FOCUS FEATURES | $1,453,844 | $1.9 |
| Source: The Hollywood Reporter / Nielsen EDI |
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