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'Four Christmases' jingles all the way to box-office gold
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - The romantic comedy "Four Christmases" made merry at the North American box office for a second weekend in a row, final industry figures showed Monday.
Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, playing a couple struggling to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas, brought the Warner Bros. comedy 16.8 million dollars over the three-day weekend, Exhibitor Relations said.
Teen vampire movie "Twilight" failed to chomp on the dramatic lead of "Four Christmases" but made its way to second place with 13 million dollars.
The indie feature was in third place last weekend, a spot now taken by Disney's animated "Bolt," which barked up 9.8 million dollars.
"Australia," the epic period romance featuring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, also moved up one rank to fourth place with seven million dollars, bringing its total box office sales to just under 31 million dollars.
The weekend after the US Thanksgiving holiday is traditionally quiet, but the top 12 films this weekend still outperformed the same period last year by 5.3 percent.
Only two new releases made the top 10. Comic-book based action film "Punisher: War Zone" secured eighth place with 4.3 million while musical biopic "Cadillac Records" took 3.4 million dollars.
"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" has amassed 165.7 million dollars worth of total ticket sales for Paramount since the animated feature made its debut five weeks ago.
James Bond thriller "Quantum of Solace" finished one spot ahead of "Madagascar" with 6.8 million dollars, earning a total of 151.62 million dollars after four weekends.
"Role Models" closed the top 10 at 2.6 million dollars.
Despite playing in only three cinemas, "Frost/Nixon" cashed in 180,147 dollars for its debut, a staggering average of 60,049 dollars per theater.
Ron Howard's drama documents the historic 1977 interviews between disgraced former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) and TV personality David Frost (Michael Sheen) that lasted nearly 30 hours.
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Actress Reese Witherspoon attends the premiere of Warner Bros' "Four Christmases" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 20, 2008 in Hollywood, California. The romantic comedy "Four Christmases" made merry at the North American box office for a second weekend in a row, final industry figures showed Monday.
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