Early December Derby

Two animated features in the Top Ten, both down from the holiday weekend.

1. Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 (Summit/Lionsgate) Week 3 [Runs 4,008] PG13 Friday $5.4M, Weekend $16.5M, Cume $253.7M

2. Skyfall (Eon/MGM/Sony) Week 4 [Runs 3,463] PG13 Friday $4.8M, Weekend $16.2M, Cume $245.7M

3. Lincoln (DreamWorks/Fox/Disney) Week 4 [Runs 2,018] PG13 Friday $4.0M, Weekend $13.9M, Cume $84.1M

4. Life Of Pi (Fox) Week 2 [Runs 2,928] PG Friday $3.3M (-63%), Weekend $12.7M, Cume $49.0M

5. Rise Of The Guardians (DreamWorks Anim/Par) Week 2 [Runs 3,672] PG Friday $2.9M (-68%), Weekend $12.2M, Cume $47.6M

6. Killing Them Softly (Annapurna/Weinstein) NEW [Runs 2,424] R Friday $2.5M, Weekend $7.5M

7. Red Dawn (FilmDistrict) Week 2 [Runs 2,781] PG13 Friday $2.0M (-66%), Weekend $6.2M, Cume $31.0M

8. Wreck-It Ralph (Disney) Week 5 [Runs 3,087] PG Friday $1.6M, Weekend $6.8M, Cume $158.0M

9. Flight (Paramount) Week 5 [Runs 2,603] R Friday $1.3M, Weekend $4.5M, Cume $81.5M

10. The Collection (LD Entertainment) NEW [Runs 1,403] R Friday $1.1K, Weekend $3.1M

Rise of the Guardians keeps its grip on #5 (it held the same position opening weekend) while Ralph slips a knotch, from #7 to #8.

The question, of course, is how it holds during the Christmas/holiday break. (A studio staffer said to me last week: "Maybe Santa movies have worn out their welcome.")