Twilight stays on top as box office receipts drop 12 per cent compared to last year's holiday. It is traditionally the most lucrative time of the year for cinemas around the United States.
But Thanksgiving proved to be a turkey for the film industry, with box office receipts dropping by 12 per cent on last year. It is projected the total take for the holiday weekend will be just $230 million, according to Deadline Hollywood. This was despite the blockbuster Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn Part One performing well and several critically lauded family films hitting the silver screen.
The vampire romance movie raked it in, holding its place at the top of the rankings and pulling in $61.3m over the five day holiday period This means it has pulled in an impressive $220m at the American box office alone. This was despite the film's controversial birthing scene, which has triggered seizures in epilepsy sufferers, and a cool reception from critics.
Rolling Stone's Peter Traver's gave it a particularly harsh spanking, saying: 'The sexless, bloodless, padded and plodding Breaking Dawn, Part One is the worst Twilight movie to date.'
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