The USA Weekend Top 10 Box Office Summery (Week of Dec 7-9, 2012).
1. Skyfall
2. Rise of the Guardians
3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
4. Lincoln
5. Life of PI
6. Playing For keeps
7. Wreck- it- Ralph
8. Red Dawn
9. Flight
10. Killing Them Softly
Box Office Report: 007 Shock: ‘Skyfall’ Tops Twilight For #1; Gerard Butler’s ‘Playing For Keeps’ Bombs
Believe it or not, considering this spy has been on film since 1962. But Eon Productions/MGM/Sony Pictures’ most successful 007 starrer
Skyfall rose to #1 in Week 5 to knock off
Summit Entertainment’s
Breaking Dawn Part 2 in Week 4 at the domestic box office.
“Nothing demonstrates the powerful word of mouth and outstanding playability on this film better than reclaiming the top spot in such a competitive marketplace,” Sony said today.
The 23rd James Bond actioner even has a shot of outgrossing domestically the Twilight Saga finale. Earlier in the week, it was announced that Skyfall had smashed the all time box office record in the UK, becoming the highest grossing film of all time in that market and overtaking Avatar for the record.
The Bond pic made $10.8M for the weekend and $261.4M domestic cume through Sunday.
Breaking Dawn Part 2 ended up #3 behind DreamWorks Animation’s»