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Breaking Dawn continues reign over box office chart
Written by . Published: November 28 2011
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 continues to slay the competition at the box office after grossing $42 million in its second week on release.
The vampire film, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, remained the most popular movie over the Thanksgiving weekend (25-27Nov11), boosting its domestic total to date to $221.3 million.
The film continues to draw the crowds worldwide too - weekend box
office sales outside the States grossed $71.5 million.
Meanwhile, Jason Segel's new family movie The Muppets debuts on the
chart at two with $29.5 million.
Happy Feet Two, Arthur Christmas and Hugo round out the top
five.