Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 topped the box office this weekend with $141.3 million domestically from 4,070 theaters and $199.6 million internationally from 61 markets. It’s the franchise’s best global opening, thanks to massive international business. Meanwhile, SkyFall also set a frnachise record, becoming the best-selling Bond film of all time, reaching $669.2 million, pushing it well ahead of the $599.2 million earned by Casino Royale in 2006.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, November 18 are as follows:
RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
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REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
1 | Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Lionsgate | $141,300,000 | 4,070 | 34,717 | $141,300,000 |
2 | Skyfall | Sony | $41,500,000 | 3,505 | 11,840 | $161,337,108 |
3 | Lincoln | Disney | $21,000,000 | 1,775 | 11,830 | $22,419,000 |
4 | Wreck-It Ralph | Disney | $18,312,000 | 3,622 | 5,055 | $121,479,000 |
5 | Flight | Paramount | $8,615,000 | 2,612 | 3,298 | $61,335,810 |
6 | Argo | Warner Bros. | $4,070,000 | 2,210 | 1,841 | $92,022,480 |
7 | Taken 2 | 20th Century Fox | $2,100,000 | 2,063 | 1,017 | $134,624,389 |
8 | Pitch Perfect | Universal | $1,262,250 | 1,122 | 1,125 | $61,078,608 |
9 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | Yash Raj Films | $1,250,000 | 161 | 7,763 | $1,250,000 |
10 | Here Comes The Boom | Sony | $1,200,000 | 1,350 | 888 | $41,019,015 |
11 | Hotel Transylvania | Sony | $900,000 | 1,248 | 721 | $142,691,598 |
11 | Cloud Atlas | Warner Bros. | $900,000 | 920 | 978 | $24,893,903 |
11 | Sessions, The | Fox Searchlight | $900,000 | 516 | 1,744 | $2,803,434 |