Top 10 films for November 30, 2009
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"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" stayed atop box office charts for the second straight week with a three-day haul of $42.5 million on a record-breaking holiday weekend in North America, according to studio estimates. Coming in at No. 2, also for the second straight week, was the Sandra Bullock football film "The Blind Side" with three-day sales of $40.1 million.
Total movie ticket sales for the five-day holiday period in North America reached a record $278 million, beating the old figure of $244 million set back in 2000 when "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Unbreakable" were the two top films.
Here are the top movie ticket sales Friday through Sunday, with estimated weekend receipts, and total receipts since the movie opened. The number of weeks opened is in parentheses.
| Weekend | Total | ||
| in millions of dollars | |||
| 1. | The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2) | 42.5 | 230.7 |
| 2. | The Blind Side (2) | 40.1 | 100.3 |
| 3. | 2012 (3) | 18.0 | 138.8 |
| 4. | Old Dogs (1) | 16.8 | 24.1 |
| 5. | A Christmas Carol (4) | 16.0 | 105.4 |
| 6. | Ninja Assassin (1) | 13.1 | 21.0 |
| 7. | Planet 51 (2) | 10.2 | 28.5 |
| 8. | Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (4) | 7.1 | 32.5 |
| 9. | The Fantastic Mr. Fox (3) | 7.0 | 10.1 |
| 10. | The Men Who Stare at Goats (4) | 1.5 | 30.6 |
SOURCE: WWW.BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM
