Nov 25 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the five-day weekend starting November 21, led by "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" at No. 1, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters.
1 (1) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 2..$64.0 million
2 (2) Skyfall..................................$51.0 million
3 (3) Lincoln..................................$34.1 million
4 (*) Rise of the Guardians................. $32.6 million
5 (*) Life of Pi...............................$30.2 million
6 (4) Wreck it Ralph...........................$23.0 million
7 (*) Red Dawn.................................$22.0 million
8 (5) Flight...................................$11.4 million
9 (17)Silver Linings Playbook..................$ 5.9 million
10(6) Argo.....................................$ 5.1 million
NOTES: Last weekend's rankings in parenthesis.
(*) = new release
CUMULATIVE TOTALS:
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2............................................$227.0 million
Skyfall.....................................$221.7 million
Wreck-It Ralph..............................$149.5 million
Argo........................................$ 98.1 million
Flight......................................$ 74.9 million
Lincoln.....................................$ 62.2 million
Rise of the Guardians.......................$ 32.6 million
Life of Pi ................................$ 30.2 million
Red Dawn....................................$ 22.0 million
Silver Linings Playbook.....................$ 6.5 million
"Breaking Dawn - Part 2" was released by Summit Entertainment, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment.
Sony Corp's movie studio released "Skyfall."
"Lincoln" was produced by Dreamworks and released by Walt Disney Co. Disney also released "Wreck-It Ralph."
Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc, released "Rise of the Guardians" and "Flight"
Warner Bros., a division of Time Warner Inc, distributed "Argo."
"Life of Pie" was released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.
(Reporting by Andrea Burzynski; Editing by Todd Eastham)