Weekend Movie Earnings: Nov 28 - 30, 2008

The holiday weekend belonged to Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as their “Four Christmases” stayed just ahead of Disney’s “Bolt” with $31 million and $26 million, respectively, for the top two spots at the box office. The teenybopper hit “Twilight” slumped in its second week with a drop of over 60% of its earnings down to $26.4 million.

There were three other new films besides “Four Christmases”, but none of the rest did as well as aforementioned. “Australia” was kept under $15 million while “Transporter 3″ and “Milk” brought in just $12.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

Domestic box office movie earnings this weekend, Nov 28 - 30, 2008:

1. “Four Christmases” $31.6 million [$46.7M total]
2. “Bolt” $26.5 million [$66.8M total]
3. “Twilight” $26.3 million [$119.6M total]
4. “Quantum of Solace” $19.5 million [$142.0M total]
5. “Australia” $14.8 million [$20.0M total]
6. “Madagascar 2″ $14.5 million [$159.5M total]
7. “Transporter 3″ $12.3 million [$18.5M total]
8. “Role Models” $5.2 million [$57.8M total]
9. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” $1.6 million [$5.1M total]
10. “Milk” $1.3 million [$1.8M total]