Ticket sales fell for a sixth straight weekend, making it less likely Hollywood will exceed last year’s record $10.6 billion in the U.S. and Canada. This year’s holiday films are up against a 2009 slate that included “Avatar,” the top-grossing film of all time, and “The Blind Side,” a surprise hit that generated $256 million in domestic sales, according to researcher Box Office Mojo. “We might actually barely exceed the $10.6 (billion), but it’s built on the back of higher ticket prices,” Paul Dergarabedian, president of Hollywood.com’s box-office unit, said in an interview. “It will be a shallow victory.” “Tron: Legacy” continues the story of programmer Kevin Flynn, who has been trapped in a video game for 20 years. “Tron: Legacy” scored big with moviegoers, generating nearly $44 million at the U.S. box office alone during its opening weekend. In the new film, Flynn’s son Sam is transported into the digital world while investigating his father’s disappearance. Yogi and his friend, Boo Boo, join forces with a park ranger to save their home. “Tron: Legacy,” Disney, $44,026,211, 3,451 locations, $12,758 average, $44,026,211, one week. 2. In addition, two low-budget films moved from limited to nationwide release with strong performances. “Well, it’s that whole, you know, the computer culture was just starting up when we did ‘Tron.’ There was no internet. That price tag doesn’t even account for the various marketing and promotional efforts, which had more to do with “Tron” as a brand and less with the actual movie itself.

“Yogi Bear,” Warner Bros., $16,411,322, 3,515 locations, $4,669 average, $16,411,322, one week. 3. The Mark Wahlberg boxing story “The Fighter” raked in $12.2 million, while the psychological drama “Black Swan,” playing in fewer than half as many theaters as each of the other four movies, grossed $8.3 million. Disney’s “Tangled” dropped to fifth from third with $8.8 million, while the thriller “Black Swan,” took in $8.4 million for seventh place. With so much riding on solid box-office returns, the opening-weekend performance of “Legacy” wasn’t exactly stellar. “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” Fox, $12,388,662, 3,555 locations, $3,485 average, $42,752,237, two weeks. 4. Language is minimal and there are no sexual moments despite the intellectual subject matter. The film, which features Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as rival ballerinas, expanded to 959 theaters from 18.

I think it’s guys who were raised on video games who have a fondness for it.” And with its strong ticket sales, greatly thanks to showings in IMAX 3D, the legacy of Tron has been given a reboot for the digital age. “The Fighter,” Paramount, $12,135,468, 2,503 locations, $4,848 average, $12,569,403, two weeks. 5. I’m co-producer on the movie and I don’t have a title on the game. Tron pulled in $44 million as the top box office movie over the pre-holiday weekend. Yogi Bear was second at the box office and not even close to matching Tron’s success. ‘Yogi Bear’, as it aims its sights squarely at kids 10 and under with many movie scenes with juvenile humor. “How Do You Know,” Sony, $7,484,696, 2,483 locations, $3,014 average, $7,484,696, one week. 9. The new live action and 3d-animation film version of the classic cartoon isn’t dumbed-down so much that old kids and adult’s won’t enjoy it. Overseas revenue was more muted, as “Tron: Legacy” took in a so-so $23 million from the 26 foreign markets where it debuted, including Britain, Spain, Australia and Japan. The big question for Disney now is whether the PG -rated film can move from a fanboy-driven debut to an all-ages hit that families see together.

The Box-Office Top Five. #1 “Tron Legacy” ($43.6 million) #2 “Yogi Bear” ($16.7 million) #3 “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” ($12.4 million) #4 “The Fighter” ($12.2 million) #5 “The Tourist” ($8.7 million) Upcoming Releases.

If it doesn’t, it could fizzle and end up a financial disappointment due to narrow appeal. And how do we arrive at a story that takes place in 2010? “The King’s Speech,” Weinstein Co., $1,097,131, 43 locations, $25,515 average, $2,936,959, four weeks. 15. A soft opening leaves it with a significant ground to make up given the animation/live-action hybrid movie’s $80-million cost. “Megamind,” Paramount, $690,573, 1,025 locations, $674 average, $141,641,535, seven weeks. 16. Sales for the weekend’s top 12 films fell 1.7 percent to $127.7 million from a year earlier, according to Hollywood.com. This year’s domestic box-office sales total $10.1 billion, up 1.2 percent from a year earlier.

And in many ways, Hollywood hasn’t learned from this perfect marriage of game and film. At least, most of Hollywood. The weekend before Christmas is not the time when box-office hits are made, but it is when the early holiday flops are established. Among the trio of new movies that opened just ahead of the two most important moviegoing weeks of the year outside of summer, the big-budget sequel “Tron: Legacy” appears to have a solid chance at turning into a hit, while the kids’ cartoon adaptation “Yogi Bear” is a long shot, and the pricey adult dramedy “How Do You Know” is dead on arrival. Ticket sales fell for a sixth straight weekend, making it uncertain whether Hollywood will exceed last year’s record $10.6 billion in the U.S. and Canada. This year’s holiday films are up against a 2009 slate that included “Avatar,” the top-grossing film of all time, and “The Blind Side,” a surprise hit that generated $256 million in domestic sales, according to researcher Box Office Mojo. “We might actually barely exceed the $10.6 (billion), but it’s built on the back of higher ticket prices,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Hollywood.com’s box-office unit, said in an interview. “It will be a shallow victory.” “Tron: Legacy” continues the story of programmer Kevin Flynn, who has been trapped in a video game for 20 years. The Mark Wahlberg boxing story “The Fighter” raked in $12.2 million, while the psychological drama “Black Swan,” playing in fewer than half as many theaters as each of the other four movies, grossed $8.3 million. Disney’s “Tron: Legacy” is the biggest bet of the holiday season. It came in at No. 2 with $16.7 million, a few million dollars short of the expectations. Bailey said that gamers will be able to get quality time playing with all of the vehicles that are shown in the new film, as well as learn more about the back story of the key characters. On July 11, 1982, TRON opened to $4.8 million — light years behind the $13 million opening of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial . The Darren Aronofsky film, pirouetting into the No. 7 spot, jumped to 959 theaters this weekend with an impressive $8.3 million haul. (Consider that “Black Swan,” which cost just $13 million, already has a cumulative gross of $15.7 million in three weekends of limited release.

In good news for Disney, most moviegoers liked the film, giving it an average grade of B+, and they were willing to pay extra to see it in the best quality: 82% of ticket sales revenue came from theaters playing “Tron: Legacy” in 3-D and 24% was for digital or large-format Imax. “When you use new technology to make something that is more compelling for the consumer, then they want more of it. The film was nominated for six Golden Globe awards, including best film drama and best actor in a drama for Wahlberg. “The Tourist,” a thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, was fifth with $8.7 million. If it does, “Tron: Legacy” could gross $200 million or more domestically and the same overseas.

Ticket sales fell for a sixth straight weekend, making it uncertain whether Hollywood will exceed last year’s record $10.6 billion in the U.S. and Canada. This year’s holiday films are up against a 2009 slate that included “Avatar,” the top-grossing film of all time, and “The Blind Side,” a surprise hit that generated $256 million in domestic sales, according to researcher Box Office Mojo. “We might actually barely exceed the $10.6 (billion), but it’s built on the back of higher ticket prices,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Hollywood.com’s box-office unit, said in an interview. “It will be a shallow victory.” “Tron: Legacy” continues the story of programmer Kevin Flynn, who has been trapped in a video game for 20 years. – First the good news. “TRON: Legacy” raked in some thoroughly respectable numbers opening weekend, pulling in $43.6 million. The film was nominated for six Golden Globe awards, including best film drama and best actor in a drama for Wahlberg. “The Tourist,” a thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, was fifth with $8.7 million.

In addition, two low-budget films moved from limited to nationwide release with strong performances. The CGI-assisted, live-action romp “Yogi Bear” debuted in second place, although it lagged far behind “Tron.” The contemporary take on the beloved kids cartoon, which features voice-over performances from Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake as the mischievous partners in picnic-basket-snatching Yogi and Boo Boo, nabbed $16.7 million.

Legacy did $10.3 million of its business on just 234 IMAX screens. The film, which features Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as rival ballerinas, expanded to 950 theaters from 18. Having the movie in 3D and in IMAX 3D would certainly help boost the grosses, but no one was sure as to by how much. Audiences shelled out $12.4 million to catch the latest installment in Hollywood’s adaptation of the classic C.S. On July 11, 1982, TRON opened to $4.8 million — light years behind the $13 million opening of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial . The Darren Aronofsky film, pirouetting into the No. 7 spot, jumped to 959 theaters this weekend with an impressive $8.3 million haul. (Consider that “Black Swan,” which cost just $13 million, already has a cumulative gross of $15.7 million in three weekends of limited release. In good news for Disney, most moviegoers liked the film, giving it an average grade of B+, and they were willing to pay extra to see it in the best quality: 82% of ticket sales revenue came from theaters playing “Tron: Legacy” in 3-D and 24% was for digital or large-format Imax.

LOS ANGELES The weekend before Christmas is not the time when box-office hits are made, but it is when the early holiday flops are established. Among the trio of new movies that opened just ahead of the two most important moviegoing weeks of the year outside of summer, the big budget sequel “Tron: Legacy” appears to have a solid chance at turning into a hit, while the kids’ cartoon adaptation “Yogi Bear” is a long shot, and the pricey adult dramedy “How Do You Know” is dead on arrival. In a box office heavy with fresh takes on time-tested material, “Tron Legacy” led the pack when it came to filling theaters over the weekend. The Mark Wahlberg boxing story “The Fighter” raked in $12.2 million, while the psychological drama “Black Swan,” playing in less than half as many theaters as each of the other four movies, grossed $8.3 million. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the movie owes it to nation’s movie critics who recommended it. Disney’s “Tron: Legacy” is the biggest bet of the holiday season. But now, let’s cue a wet raspberry sound. The star-studded romantic comedy came in at number eight, and earned a really not so hot $7.6 million.

“How Do You Know,” the big-budget, star-laden romantic comedy from James L. “All the fans of the first movie are bringing a girlfriend or wife to share the experience with. That’s miserable news for everyone involved, especially considering the fact that “Black Swan,” starring a crazy-eyed Natalie Portman, made more money on some 2,000 fewer theaters. The film’s total estimated tally now stands at $42.7 million. Still, the family animation could hope for strong midweek traffic as the Christmas session gets into full swing. “How Do You Know” cost north of $100 million, and at this rate will be lucky to make a quarter of that back in domestic grosses.) Oh “Yogi Bear,” you hoped more friends would show up to the picnic. Meanwhile, there is little hope for ” How Do You Know ” to gain advantage from the holiday season. If it does, “Tron: Legacy” could gross $200 million or more domestically and the same overseas. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp’s glossy thriller “The Tourist” landed in fifth place. Debuting on 3,515 screens to middling results in second place was Warner’s live action 3D comedy Yogi Bear with $16.7 million.

Warner Bros. is hoping that for families with young children, “Yogi Bear” will be the movie of choice as schools close for the holidays. The studio, hoping for the next Alvin and the Chipmunks, was forecasting the film to open in the $20 million range.

“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” headed south to No. 3 with $12.4 million, bringing its cumulative two-week gross to $42.7 million. But with toxic reviews from critics (13% on Rotten Tomatoes), pricey 3D tickets and far too many other family-friendly choices playing, parents apparently opted to take their kids someplace else this weekend aside from Jellystone Park. ” The Tourist ” drops from the second to the fifth with an estimated $8.7 million. Check out everything we’ve got on “Tron Legacy,” “Yogi Bear” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Family films, no matter how good or bad they are, always do business during the Christmas break. The box-office performance of “Black Swan,” meanwhile, looks similar to that of the 2007 Coen brothers movie “No Country for Old Men,” which collected $7.8 million on its first nation-wide weekend. That Oscar-winning film went on to rake in $74.3 million; a similar total would be a huge win for “Black Swan,” as it cost Fox Searchlight and Cross Creek Pictures only about $13 million to make.

Having the movie in 3D and in IMAX 3D would certainly help boost the grosses, but no one was sure as to by how much. While no one was expecting Tron to match Avatar ($77 million a year ago this weekend), hopes were high that this film would at least clear the $50 million mark in its first three days.

The high-tech adventure, which stars Jeff Bridges and Garrett Hedlund, rang up $43.6 million in ticket sales. The 3-D animation/live-action hybrid “Yogi Bear” started with a soft but not terrible $16.7 million. Debuting on 3,515 screens to middling results in second place was Warner’s live action 3D comedy Yogi Bear with $16.7 million. “How Do You Know,” the big-budget, star-laden romantic comedy from James L. “Black Swan” grossed $8.3 million, a particularly impressive figure as it was playing at only 959 theaters, less than half the number of any other film in the top ten. Off 49%, the film took in $12.4 million from 3,555 screens for a ten-day take of approximately $43 million. The Darren Aronofsky film, pirouetting into the No. 7 spot, jumped to 959 theaters this weekend with an impressive $8.3 million haul. (Consider that “Black Swan,” which cost just $13 million, already has a cumulative gross of $15.7 million in three weekends of limited release. The studio had expected on opening weekend to get fanboys who remembered the 1982 original. While the film’s domestic gross may be a letdown, the foreign market is anything but: the first weekend’s take for the film overseas was a huge $83 million. “How Do You Know” cost north of $100 million, and at this rate will be lucky to make a quarter of that back in domestic grosses.) Oh “Yogi Bear,” you hoped more friends would show up to the picnic. In fourth place after a one-week limited engagement was Paramount’s critically acclaimed drama The Fighter, knocking out $12.3 million off 2,503 screens. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp’s glossy thriller “The Tourist” landed in fifth place.

That’s a far cry from Squeakquel numbers, the “Alvin & the Chipmunks” period piece that opened to $48.8 million on last year’s Christmas weekend. The country-hopping caper, which was filmed in France and Italy and also features Paul Bettany, scored $8.7 million during its second weekend on screens. The film was nominated for six Golden Globe awards, including best film drama and best actor in a drama for Wahlberg. “The Tourist,” a thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, was fifth with $8.7 million. Initial foreign grosses were a little more troublesome for Disney. “Tron” took in a so-so $23 million from 26 foreign markets, but bad weather in Europe left the studio hopeful the film would recover for a strong foreign run. Check out everything we’ve got on “Tron Legacy,” “Yogi Bear” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. The holidays should give the comedy a second wind that could help bring its domestic total into the $170-175 million range. Sales for the weekend’s top 12 films fell 1.8 percent to $127.5 million from a year earlier, according to Hollywood.com. But any prospects for it to be a breakout smash in the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” mode already have been dashed. Mark Wahlberg ‘s drama The Fighter continues to do well in limited release. It earned $12.2 million on 2,500 screens, good for fourth place, and lifted its total to $12.6 million in two weekends. “How Do You Know” will be a big money loser for Sony Pictures, which spent more than $100 million to produce the James L. The film cracked the Top 50 chart of all-time grossing films this weekend, surpassing 2002′s Chamber of Secrets in the process.

Rounding out the top ten was Fox’s Unstoppable which added $1.8 million to its $78 million total.

- First the good news. “TRON: Legacy” raked in some thoroughly respectable numbers opening weekend, pulling in $43.6 million.

But now, let’s cue a wet raspberry sound. The 21st century revisit of the 1982 sci-fi flick “Tron” owned the box office during its debut. Though analysts expected the Disney publicity machine to propel Legacy to the No. 1 spot, science fiction’s limited appeal led most analysts to project the film would take in $40 million. “How Do You Know,” the big-budget, star-laden romantic comedy from James L. The CGI-assisted, live-action romp “Yogi Bear” debuted in second place, although it lagged far behind “Tron.” The contemporary take on the beloved kids cartoon, which features voice-over performances from Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake as the mischievous partners in picnic-basket-snatching Yogi and Boo Boo, nabbed $16.7 million. As openings go this year, the massively hyped sequel to an obscure 1982 movie failed to crack the top-10, and observers have said it will need to rely on strong overseas business to break even. According to reports, the effects-laden update cost $170 million to make, and more than $100 million to market worldwide. And with a budget more than 10 times the 1982 original, the new filmmakers “could do some incredible things,” says Steven Lisberger, writer and director of the original. The Darren Aronofsky film, pirouetting into the No. 7 spot, jumped to 959 theaters this weekend with an impressive $8.3 million haul. (Consider that “Black Swan,” which cost just $13 million, already has a cumulative gross of $15.7 million in three weekends of limited release.

For the next year Disney was pretty hush-hush about the project. “How Do You Know” cost north of $100 million, and at this rate will be lucky to make a quarter of that back in domestic grosses.) Oh “Yogi Bear,” you hoped more friends would show up to the picnic. Slowly, it became apparent that the movie wasn’t a pipe dream. I had the pleasure of attending Comic Con each of the last two years.

The film’s total estimated tally now stands at $42.7 million. Critics trashed the film, which has occupied the attention of two Disney studio regimes in recent years. But at least it’s slightly better than “Marmaduke’s” fate, which opened in June to just $11.6 million. “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” headed south to No. 3 with $12.4 million, bringing its cumulative two-week gross to $42.7 million. The weekend number kicks the film’s total estimated haul to about $30.8 million dollars. The film, which features Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as rival ballerinas, expanded to 950 theaters from 18. The fantasy film has earned $42.8 million in 10 days.

But the Time Warner Inc unit said it hoped the Christmas holiday would boost business among the film’s core family audience. This year’s domestic box-office sales total $10.07 billion, up 1.24 percent from a year earlier. The Tourist , the thriller starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp , was fifth with $8.7 million. As the trailers played, I forgot about all the bad reviews and allowed my excitement to build. If you’re like me and you loved the original, I believe you’re going to enjoy “Tron: Legacy.” Writing reviews of films, books, comics, etc. is not always easy. As a teacher, I constantly remind my students not to write what happened but use examples to show me why you liked/disliked the story. Together they battle a duplicate of the elder Flynn, who plans to invade the Earth with his program army.

Check back here next week for big Christmas weekend results. “True Grit” and “Little Fockers” open nationwide on Wednesday, December 22, with “Country Strong” hitting in limited release.

TRON: Legacy raked in some thoroughly respectable numbers opening weekend, pulling in $43.6 million. But now, let’s cue a wet raspberry sound. The follow-up to the cult film earned $43.6 million, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Hollywood.com. The 21st century revisit of the 1982 sci-fi flick “Tron” owned the box office during its debut. Though analysts expected the Disney publicity machine to propel Legacy to the No. 1 spot, science fiction’s limited appeal led most analysts to project the film would take in $40 million. In the new film, Flynn’s son Sam is transported into the digital world while investigating his father’s disappearance.

Legacy did $10.3 million of its business on just 234 IMAX screens. And the costly Reese Witherspoon-Owen Wilson adult comedy “How Do You Know” turned out to be one of the year’s biggest flops, opening to $7.6 million. Audiences shelled out $12.4 million to catch the latest installment in Hollywood’s adaptation of the classic C.S.

“The Fighter,” starring Mark Wahlberg, took in $12.2 million. Other notable expansions and openers included yet another Oscar contender that expanded into wider release this weekend as Fox Searchlight’s twisted and audacious Black Swan waltzed into 959 theaters (up 869 from last weekend) to the tune of $8.67 million.  Given Natalie Portman’s bravura performance, director Darren Aronofksy incredible cinematic vision and the extremely strong buzz that has surrounded this movie, this strong performance should be no surprise. The talking bear flick came in at No. 2 with $16.7 million. “But we weren’t even dreaming of that stuff.” Certainly, he could not have dreamed of the financial returns of virtual reality. That’s a far cry from Squeakquel numbers, the Alvin & the Chipmunks period piece that opened to $48.8 million on last year’s Christmas weekend. The film’s total estimated tally now stands at $42.7 million. But at least it’s slightly better than Marmaduke ‘s fate, which opened in June to just $11.6 million. TRON would go on to earn a respectable-if-unspectacular $33 million.

The studio had expected on opening weekend to get fanboys who remembered the 1982 original. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader headed south to No. 3 with $12.4 million, bringing its cumulative two-week gross to $42.7 million. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp’s glossy thriller “The Tourist” landed in fifth place. The country-hopping caper, which was filmed in France and Italy and also features Paul Bettany, scored $8.7 million during its second weekend on screens. The film was nominated for six Golden Globe awards, including best film drama and best actor in a drama for Wahlberg. “The Tourist,” a thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, was fifth with $8.7 million. Despite an unimpressive start for “Yogi Bear,” which cost $80 million to make, Warner is hoping families with young kids will turn out over the holidays. The fantasy film has earned $42.8 million in 10 days. Check back here next week for big Christmas weekend results.  True Grit and  Little Fockers open nationwide on Wednesday, December 22, with  Country Strong hitting in limited release. 1. Yogi Bear —$16.7 mil. 3.  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader — $12.4 mil. 4.

In a box office heavy with fresh takes on time-tested material, “Tron Legacy” led the pack when it came to filling theaters over the weekend. The 21st century revisit of the 1982 sci-fi flick “Tron” owned the box office during its debut. Though analysts expected the Disney publicity machine to propel Legacy to the No. 1 spot, science fiction’s limited appeal led most analysts to project the film would take in $40 million.

Second place goes to that “smarter than the average bear” named Yogi with $16.7 million in the pic-a-nic basket in 3,515 theatres.  Warner Bros. gave Yogi Bear the 3-D big screen treatment and families a chance for a fun time at the movie theater.  The PG-rated animated film stars Dan Aykroyd (a longtime fan of the original Yogi) and Justin Timberlake. The CGI-assisted, live-action romp “Yogi Bear” debuted in second place, although it lagged far behind “Tron.” The contemporary take on the beloved kids cartoon, which features voice-over performances from Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake as the mischievous partners in picnic-basket-snatching Yogi and Boo Boo, nabbed $16.7 million. But now, let’s cue a wet raspberry sound. “We were allowed to dream and chase just about doing whatever we wanted to back then,” Lisberger recalls. Other notable expansions and openers included yet another Oscar contender that expanded into wider release this weekend as Fox Searchlight’s twisted and audacious Black Swan waltzed into 959 theaters (up 869 from last weekend) to the tune of $8.67 million.  Given Natalie Portman’s bravura performance, director Darren Aronofksy incredible cinematic vision and the extremely strong buzz that has surrounded this movie, this strong performance should be no surprise. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp’s glossy thriller “The Tourist” landed in fifth place. Opening in seventh place with $7.6 million is James L. The country-hopping caper, which was filmed in France and Italy and also features Paul Bettany, scored $8.7 million during its second weekend on screens. TRON would go on to earn a respectable-if-unspectacular $33 million. The talking bear flick came in at No. 2 with $16.7 million. That’s a far cry from Squeakquel numbers, the Alvin & the Chipmunks period piece that opened to $48.8 million on last year’s Christmas weekend. The film was nominated for six Golden Globe awards, including best film drama and best actor in a drama for Wahlberg. “The Tourist,” a thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, was fifth with $8.7 million. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader headed south to No. 3 with $12.4 million, bringing its cumulative two-week gross to $42.7 million.

The boxing opus, aglow with six Golden Globe and four SAG award nominations, had a very good round this weekend, pulling in $12.2 million on 2,503 screens to land at No. 4. Check back here next week for big Christmas weekend results.  True Grit and  Little Fockers open nationwide on Wednesday, December 22, with  Country Strong hitting in limited release. 1. The weekend number kicks the film’s total estimated haul to about $30.8 million dollars. Check out everything we’ve got on “Tron Legacy,” “Yogi Bear” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

The follow-up to the cult film earned $43.6 million, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Hollywood.com. Though analysts expected the Disney publicity machine to propel Legacy to the No. 1 spot, science fiction’s limited appeal led most analysts to project the film would take in $40 million.

Blame it on the weather. Legacy did $10.3 million of its business on just 234 IMAX screens. Yogi Bear 3D took second place with $16.7 million for the weekend, with Narnia in third at $12.4 million. Second place goes to that “smarter than the average bear” named Yogi with $16.7 million in the pic-a-nic basket in 3,515 theatres.  Warner Bros. gave Yogi Bear the 3-D big screen treatment and families a chance for a fun time at the movie theater.  The PG-rated animated film stars Dan Aykroyd (a longtime fan of the original Yogi) and Justin Timberlake.

Blame it on everybody traveling and Christmas shopping. And with a budget more than 10 times the 1982 original, the new filmmakers “could do some incredible things,” says Steven Lisberger, writer and director of the original.

“But we weren’t even dreaming of that stuff.” Certainly, he could not have dreamed of the financial returns of virtual reality. Meanwhile, the romantic comedy ‘How Do You Know’ starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson came in at No. 3, only pulling in $7.6 million. Tron: Legacy won the box-office weekend with an estimated $43.6 million.  The number was nice—actually, TheWrap called the film’s start ” tepid “—but given the film’s reputed $170 million budget, was it enough? Enough to prevent Tron: Legacy from becoming another Tron  “disappointment?”  Exhibitor Relations box-office analyst Jeff Bock thought so. Opening in seventh place with $7.6 million is James L. Weekend Box Office Top 10 Movies – For Weekend of December 17, 2010 – Estimates           Movie                Weekend            Total 1     Tron: Legacy     $43.6 M     $43.6 M 2     Yogi Bear     $16.7 M     $16.7 M 3     The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader     $12.4 M     $42.8 M 4     The Fighter (R)     $12.2 M     $12.6 M 5     The Tourist (PG-13)     $8.7 M     $30.8 M 6     Tangled     $8.7 M     $127.8 M 7     Black Swan (R)     $8.3 M     $15.7 M 8     How Do You Know (PG-13)     $7.6 M     $7.6 M 9     Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (PG-13)     $4.8 M     $265.5 M 10     Unstoppable (PG-13)     $1.8 M     $77.3 M. Considering nearly 30 years elapsed between the two Tron movies, patience is a franchise trademark. Mark Wahlberg ‘s drama The Fighter continues to do well in limited release. Elsewhere, among the other major new releases, Yogi Bear (second place, $16.7 million) was no Alvin and the Chipmunks , and the $100 million How Do You Know (eighth place, $7.6 million) was nothing if not definitive: It’s toast.  Voyage of the Dawn Treader , the latest Chronicle of Narnia flick, fell from first to third ($12.4 million; $42.8 million overall), and prayed it continued to translate overseas.

“We’ve had such a great year.” Here’s how the top 10 at the box office shaped up. According to Hollywood.com, ticket sales are down 1% from the same time last year, and attendance is down 6%. Final figures are due Monday.

The third installment of the Narnia franchise mustered $24.5 million, according to studio estimates from box office trackers Hollywood.com. While the debut was plenty to win the box office derby, the haul fell nearly $12 million short of some analysts’ expectations and continues the industry’s largely-futile search for a lucrative fantasy franchise not based on Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings . Despite the pricey 3-D component, the opening falls well below 2008′s Prince Caspian , which bowed to $55 million.

Lewis books, opened as the top weekend movie at U.S. and Canadian theaters, taking in $24.5 million in ticket sales for News Corp. “The Tourist,” a thriller starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie , finished second in its debut weekend with $17 million, researcher Hollywood.com Box-Office said today in an e-mailed statement.

Luckily for “Narnia” backers 20th Century Fox and Walden Media, the movie delivered in its international debut. The 3-D cartoon Tangled continues to chug along, landing in third place with $14.6 million.

A film that debuted bigger than expected over Thanksgiving weekend and continues to draw family audiences across the board is Disney’s Tangled which grabbed a solid third place with $14.6 million and a tiny 33% drop in its third weekend of release.  Tangled crossed the $115 million mark this weekend.

The film has done $115.6 million in three weeks. The animated family-friendly flick “Tangled” continued to nab moviegoers at the box office. In sixth place, Fox Searchlight’s Black Swan in its second weekend added 72 theaters and impressively landed in sixth place with a solid $3.3 million and an impressive $37,024 per location in just 90 theatres.   Notably Paramount’s The Fighter came out swinging with a knockout $80,000 per location.  Starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale (in an Oscar-worthy performance), the film opened in just four theaters including one in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts where the film is set.  It will expand into around 2,000 theaters on December 17. Friday’s haul pushes the film’s total estimated gross to $104 million. He worried that the talking animals he created – richly developed and dignified in the context of his books – would “turn into buffoonery or nightmare” onscreen. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1″ added a few coins to its already stuffed bank on Friday, coming in fourth place. It was the 1950s when he expressed this fear, and a look at that decade’s special effects goes a long way toward explaining it. Maybe Lewis would look more fondly at the 21st century adaptations of his books, since technology now allows for less nightmarish creatures. Together with co-financier Walden Media, it spent $155 million to produce the film. Weekend Box Office Top 10 Movies – For Weekend of December 10, 2010 – Estimates          Movie                              Weekend                  Total 1     The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader     $24.5 M     $24.5 M 2     The Tourist (PG-13)     $17.0 M     $17.0 M 3     Tangled     $14.6 M     $115.6 M 4     Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (PG-13)     $8.5 M     $257.7 M 5     Unstoppable (PG-13)     $3.8 M     $74.3 M 6     Black Swan (R)     $3.3 M     $5.6 M 7     Burlesque (PG-13)     $3.2 M     $32.6 M 8     Love and Other Drugs (R)     $3.0 M     $27.7 M 9     Due Date (R)     $2.5 M     $94.9 M 10     Megamind     $2.5 M     $140.2 M. Among returning films, Disney’s “Tangled” dropped to third from first with $14.6 million. The film’s total estimated gross now stands at about $71 million.

The computer-animated film tells the story of Rapunzel, a girl whose magical hair is 70 feet long. Black Swan , the Natalie Portman drama expected to compete come Oscar time, cracked the top 10 with $3.3 million on only 90 screens, good for sixth place. Final figures are due Monday.

Franchise-launcher “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” bowed in 2005 with $65.6 million, part of a $291.7 million domestic run. “Caspian” debuted with $55 million and rang up a disappointing $141.6 million. The series has a new director, the generally reliable Michael Apted , who established his rapport with wee ones years ago with “7 Up!,” the first in a documentary series that has revisited the same group of British men and women in new movies every seven years since 1964, when the participants were squirmy 7-year-olds. Here, evil is embodied as a creeping emerald mist; heroes and heroines are steadfastly intrepid and good; swordplay is rousing and bloodless; religious allegory is understated; and computer-generated effects dominate but don’t overwhelm the human story. I mean that some, if not most, scenes in movies like Alice in Wonderland and Clash of the Titans and the forthcoming TRON: Legacy are not shown in 3-D. I believe Robert Browning wrote that last bit. You’re welcome for that little tip. Another way to avoid ocular distress is to skip Dawn Treader , the big-screen adaptation of the third book in C.S. There’s a comic encounter with a plug-ugly band of one-legged, big-footed hobbits; an overlong, waterlogged battle with a centipedal computer-generated sea serpent; and fleeting visions of the creepy, seductive White Witch ( Tilda Swinton ).

The ship makes a few pit stops on enchanted islands, amid boatloads of exposition, which reinforce the sense that it’s a long way before the series will drop anchor. The human characters don’t require much in the way of depth or dimension. The two films earned nearly $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office, but extravagant costs prodded Disney to ditch the franchise. Fox assumed distribution, and the budget was cut from $225 million for Caspian to about $150 million for Dawn Treader . So if you’re looking for a really good bad guy, you won’t find one in this “Narnia.” Instead, you get a brat, albeit a wretched brat, which is a good thing. The studio’s scheme is that profits will come from American evangelicals. Noble lessons abound, yet “Dawn Treader” somehow manages to avoid the pitfalls of preachiness. Parental guidance suggested but not essential. If he were a child, he’d probably act a lot like Eustace Scrubb played with impudent elan by Will Poulter.

“If you can pull them off, they are a license to print money,” says director Michael Apted. Fox has been hoping the faith-based community might buttress the usual fantasy-film demographic of kids and idle teens. Peter and Susan make only brief appearances in this movie, robbing it of another component that made the previous films enjoyable: the family dynamic. The director, Michael Apted, has just the right c.v. for this job. Instead, Edmund and Lucy try to tolerate the uber-obnoxious Eustace. Each of the seven Narnia titles is its own universe, with a changing cast of characters. From a special-effects standpoint, this represents one of the film’s best scenes. Midway through, the viewer feels like Sisyphus. Amid soft interest from prospective moviegoers, some industry pundits have blamed the marketing materials, while others said the A-list casting can’t mask a tired concept. Limited openers this weekend include Paramount’s Mark Wahlberg boxing movie “The Fighter,” with four playdates in three markets.

As soon as Alicia Keys’ ‘Digital Life Sacrifice’ campaign reaches $1 million goal, some stars participating in the fund-raising effort start tweeting again. People can now keep up with their favorite stars again. Stewart Rahr did something very nice for anyone affected by AIDS today. And something not as nice for anyone who was enjoying a world without self-serving Web chatter. The billionaire saved the lives of a handful of “dead” celebrities, as Alicia Keys, Kim Kardashian and others agreed on December 1 to silence themselves on all social networks until $1 million was donated the Keep a Child Alive organization. Nope, she is still digitally “dead.” But the coffers have risen since Friday. And now they can sign back on – the stars and fans raised $500,000 (333,330), while billionaire and philanthropist Stewart Rahr matched the pledges, donating the other $500,000 (333,330) to reach the goal. Tweeting in celebration on Monday (06Dec10), Usher wrote, “I’m alive! As you all know, I’m quite the blogaholic, tweetaholic and facebookaholic LOL. Basically, I love the internet, and it was no easy feat staying away for this long. Thank you so much and never stop buying life!” I had to keep myself entertained somehow! Played the album for label, the rest is History.

The fund-raising effort appeared to be struggling to meet its $1 million goal at the beginning after only gaining around $180,950 on December 2 night.

Although Harry Potter was able to beat Rapunzel last weekend, the boy who lived was unable to fend off the long-haired princess for a second week in a row. Disney’s “Tangled” was the big winner at the box office this past weekend, securing a solid $21.5 million total from showings on Friday through Sunday. It was the first time that “Deathly Hallows” has slipped from first place since it opened in theaters three weeks ago. It took two weekends for Rapunzel to climb to the top of the box-office chart. Everett Collection ‘Tangled’ led the weekend box office, selling $21.5 million in tickets. “The Warrior’s Way” was the weekend’s only new wide release, but the ninja-versus-cowboys action flick landed without so much as a thud, bringing in only $3.1 million for a ninth-place finish. Disney’s 3-D animated feature “Tangled” enjoyed a smaller drop than ” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1,” making it the most popular movie on a very slow weekend in the nation’s theaters, with estimated ticket sales of $21.5 million.

With Disney’s Tron: Legacy , among other titles, still to be released overseas in 2010, the full year’s foreign box office record figure will be boosted significantly higher. (For the month of November, Paramount claimed the biggest gross total of the big six with $117.5 million.) As of Nov. 30, Warner Bros., the distributor of Deathly Hallows , has taken over second spot in the year-to-date overseas sweepstakes (elbowing Disney aside), claiming $2.550 billion in foreign box office January-through-November. (Disney’s YTD figure was $2.115 billion.) Fox remains in first place with an 11-month tally of $2.612 billion.

The picture has earned $96.5 million since its release Nov. 24. Final figures are due Monday. Meanwhile, Deathly Hallows grossed $54.4 million down 52% from the prior weekend’s tally from about 14,000 screens in 62 territories. The opening act in the double-feature finale raked in $16.7 million, which lifted its total to $244.2 million. That’s the worst start this year for a movie that launched in more than 1,000 theaters. “Studios typically avoid programming any big titles into this slot because of the big pullback on spending,” says Gitesh Pandya of BoxOfficeGuru.com. The movie’s poor performance calls into question whether Relativity, which handled distribution in exchange for a percentage of revenues, will even make back the money it spent on advertising. The weekend’s only new wide release, the R-rated Western-meets-martial-arts cocktail “The Warrior’s Way,” made an impact only a seismometer could detect. Business was off sharply after a brisk Thanksgiving weekend, which is one of the busiest periods of the year at movie theaters. The independent film firm added distribution to its financing and production capabilities in late summer. Audiences for “The Warrior’s Way” were primarily male and very ethnically diverse, according to exit polls. “It was a bad weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst for Hollywood.com. The Darren Aronofsky psychological horror film, starring Natalie Portman as one disturbed ballerina, earned a staggering $1.4 million from 18 theaters.

“Tangled,” a Disney 3-D animated feature, had estimated weekend ticket sales of 21.5 million, making it the most popular on a slow weekend in the nation’s theaters. It took two weekends for Rapunzel to climb to the top of the box-office chart. Fairy-tale locks bested boy-wizard drama at this weekend’s box office. Disney’s 3-D animated feature “Tangled” enjoyed a smaller drop than ” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1,” making it the most popular movie on a very slow weekend in the nation’s theaters, with estimated ticket sales of $21.5 million. After performing well mid-week the film is approaching the $30 million mark. The only new picture to open nationwide did nothing to help matters, as it flopped. “The Warrior’s Way,” an action fantasy starring Korea’s Jang Dong-Gun, Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush , opened to just $3.1 million. The PG-13 fantasy film has tallied $244.2 million domestically and $713.3 million worldwide. The film picked up $16.7 million over the weekend, which pushes the flick’s total estimated gross to around $244 million. That’s the worst start this year for a movie that launched in more than 1,000 theaters. Placing second Disney Animation’s Tangled , the No. 1 title domesticall y, which is currently playing 35% of the “international marketplace,” as per the distributor.

“Burlesque” limped behind the “Tangled” and “Potter” in third place. In fifth place, the R-rated romantic comedy “Love and Other Drugs” held up surprisingly well, dipping only 42 percent for $5.7 million. “Studios typically avoid programming any big titles into this slot because of the big pullback on spending,” says Gitesh Pandya of BoxOfficeGuru.com. Audiences for “The Warrior’s Way” were primarily male and very ethnically diverse, according to exit polls. “Unstoppable” continues to maintain a top-five presence at the box office, taking the fourth-place slot over the weekend. “With holiday shopping getting more intense, male-skewing action films usually find an opportunity to score a few dollars in early December,” To that end comes The Warrior’s Way , a martial arts film featuring Kate Bosworth and Danny Huston . Playing at 1,622 theaters, the $42 million action film debuted in ninth place with just $3.1 million.

Fans gave up $6.1 million to catch the Denzel Washington vehicle about a runaway train carrying dangerous cargo. Coming off very strong word of mouth from opening-weekend audiences, “Tangled” dropped 56% in ticket sales, a relatively modest decline following a busy holiday weekend.

Final figures are due Monday. The Christina Aguilera – Cher musical “Burlesque” dropped 49% to $6.1 million, and the Dwayne Johnson action movie “Faster” slowed 55% to $3.8 million. Also in limited release, the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor romantic comedy, “I Love You, Phillip Morris,” debuted to $113,000 from six theaters, for a respectable $18,883 per-theater average. That’s a slightly worse performance than 2005′s ” Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” the last film in the boy-wizard series to also open the weekend before Thanksgiving. No. 5, Unstoppable from 20th Century Fox, grossed $4.2 million on the weekend from 2,909 situations in 52 markets. It now stands at a still strong $244.2 million in the U.S. and Canada. “Deathly Hallows” remains a blockbuster overseas, where it brought in $54.4 million from 62 foreign markets over the weekend. It continues to do particularly well in France, Britain, Japan and Germany and has so far raked in $469 million outside of the U.S. and Canada.

Everett Collection ‘Tangled’ led the weekend box office, selling $21.5 million in tickets. The animated musical “Tangled,” a new take on long-haired fairy-tale princess Rapunzel, sewed up the No. 1 spot with $21.5 million in box-office receipts in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Disney take on Rapunzel took the top spot for the first time with $21.5 million, according to studio estimates from box-office trackers Hollywood.com. According to studio figures, the six majors 20th Century Fox, Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, Sony and Universal collectively grossed $11.5 million offshore in the January-November period, $823,000 more than their previous foreign box office record of $10.7 billion registered in calendar year 2009. The victory comes on a weekend when just one new movie opened, and it could give the $260 million animated fairy tale some momentum heading into the crucial holiday season. “Tangled” declined 56 percent from last weekend, a modest drop for a weekend that’s particularly harsh to family films. Many people, it seemed, were still recovering from stuffing themselves full of turkey and movies last week.

After performing well mid-week the film is approaching the $30 million mark.

The animated spin on the Rapunzel fairy tale has so far grossed $96.5 million. “Harry Potter” slipped to No. 2 this past weekend with $16.7 million. The only new picture to open nationwide did nothing to help matters as it flopped. Overseas cume for the seventh title in the Harry Potter franchise stands at $469.1 million, nearly twice the $244.2 million domestic gross total. Although it’s already blasted past both the $100 million and $200 million box-office mark, “Potter” appears to be losing some of its momentum.

The opening act in the double-feature finale raked in $16.7 million, which lifted its total to $244.2 million. “The Warrior’s Way,” an action fantasy starring Korea’s Jang Dong-Gun, Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush, opened to only $3.1 million. That’s the worst start this year for a movie that launched in more than 1,000 theaters. Placing second Disney Animation’s Tangled , the No. 1 title domesticall y, which is currently playing 35% of the “international marketplace,” as per the distributor.

Studio executives love to crow that when a film succeeds, it does so because of its merit, not its release schedule. With just $88 million in overall receipts, this was Hollywood’s second-worst weekend of the year, behind the meager $81.8 million haul the weekend after Labor Day, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. Audiences doled out $6.1 million to catch Cher and Christina Aguilera’s musically-driven flick about a down-on-her-luck club owner and her starry-eyed young protégé. France, where Disney product scores especially well, provided $6.5 million from 658 locations.

The film’s total estimated tally currently stands at just under $27 million. The independent film company added distribution to its financing and production capabilities in late summer. Playing at 1,622 theaters, the $42 million action film debuted in ninth place with just $3.1 million. So far, the 3D animation retelling of the classic Rapunzel tale has grossed over two stanzas $45.8 million in foreign box office ; $142.3 million worldwide.

The Cher musical Burlesque and Unstoppable , the runaway train thriller with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine , tied for third place with $6.1 million. The movie’s release expands through early January. A drama looking for Oscar buzz, “The King’s Speech” took in an average of $54,300 in six locations, pushing its total box office to just over $800,000 in two weeks in theaters for closely held Weinstein Co.

- The week after Thanksgiving is historically known for its precipitous drops, and in that regard, this weekend didn’t disappoint. The overall box office was down 54 percent from last week, as Disney’s “Tangled,” armed with a frying pan, bludgeoned its way past “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″ to claim first place with $21.5 million, according to studio estimates. Fairy-tale locks bested boy-wizard drama at this weekend’s box office. “Tangled,” Disney’s modernized take on the classic children’s tale “Rapunzel,” wrested the box-office crown away from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1″ over the weekend after coming in behind the fantasy phenomenon last week. With no new major releases this week, the “Rapunzel” movie was able to take down the young wizard and finally earn the top spot with $21.5 million. The animated spin on the Rapunzel fairy tale has so far grossed $96.5 million.

With Disney’s Tron: Legacy , among other titles, still to be released overseas in 2010, the full year’s foreign box office record figure will be boosted significantly higher. (For the month of November, Paramount claimed the biggest gross total of the big six with $117.5 million.) As of Nov. 30, Warner Bros., the distributor of Deathly Hallows , has taken over second spot in the year-to-date overseas sweepstakes (elbowing Disney aside), claiming $2.550 billion in foreign box office January-through-November. (Disney’s YTD figure was $2.115 billion.) Fox remains in first place with an 11-month tally of $2.612 billion. The Warrior’s Way hasn’t seen a lot of marketing over the last few months and only opened in 1,600+ theaters, prompting audiences to generally pass it over at ticket buying time. Meanwhile, Deathly Hallows grossed $54.4 million down 52% from the prior weekend’s tally from about 14,000 screens in 62 territories. After performing well mid-week the film is approaching the $30 million mark. Although it’s already blasted past both the $100 million and $200 million box-office mark, “Potter” appears to be losing some of its momentum. While the movie dropped 55.9% from the week before, it was shown on 3,603 screens, earning $5,967 on each screen for a weekend total of about $21.5 million. Deathly Hallows Part One slipped further than Tangled did, giving the animated adventure a chance at seeing what number one feels like. In just two weeks the movie has earned around $96.4 million, which is not even half of its purported $260 million budget. Hopefully it’s worth the blood bath the movie is taking at the box office. That translates to 3,355 screens in 15 territories, which threw off a weekend gross of $26 million. Also impressive in its second weekend is the incredible period drama The King’s Speech from the Weinstein Co.  Adding two playdates this weekend, the film in just six theatres pulled in an impressive $325,874 and another terrific average of $54,312.  Word-of-mouth will continue to be strong for both of these limited release performers. The film’s total estimated tally currently stands at just under $27 million.

While the movie dropped 65.9% from the week before, it was shown on 4,125 screens, earning $4,057 on each screen for a weekend total of about $16.7 million. “Unstoppable” continues to maintain a top-five presence at the box office, taking the fourth-place slot over the weekend. For the full weekend update top ten, check out the chart below: Although the weekend “Unstoppable” haul is identical to “Burlesque,” the latter movie averaged more cash per theater. “Burlesque” pulled down $2,009 for each of movie house while “Unstoppable” made $1,935. Brazil contributed $2.6 million from 245 spots while Germany registered $1.7 million from 552 situations. While the movie dropped 46.6% from last week, it was shown on 31 less screens for a total of 3,152. Speaking of “The King’s Speech,” the historical drama and presumed Oscar front-runner dropped a mere 8 percent for $326,000. Also in limited release, the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor romantic comedy, “I Love You, Phillip Morris,” debuted to $113,000 from six theaters, for a respectable $18,883 per-theater average.

The overall box office was down 54 percent from last week, as Disney’s Tangled , armed with a frying pan, bludgeoned its way past Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1 to claim first place with $21.5 million, according to studio estimates. Tangled declined 56 percent from last weekend — a modest drop for a weekend that’s particularly harsh to family films. Making for a surprise finish to the weekend box office, “Tangled” has locked down the top spot for the weekend of December 3-5, 2010. Related Videos Tangled – Teaser This humorous take on the “Rapunzel” fairy tale finds our dear heroine has le… The picture has earned $96.5 million since its release Nov. 24. Black Swan – Natalie Portman Natalie Portman talks about her acclaimed perfomance and her role in “Your Hi… After performing well mid-week the film is approaching the $30 million mark.

The weekend’s only new wide release, the R-rated Western-meets-martial-arts cocktail The Warrior’s Way , made an impact that only a seismometer could detect. Studio executives love to crow that when a film succeeds, it does so because of its merit, not its release schedule. Of the other holdover films in theaters, runaway train thriller “Unstoppable” with Denzel Washington and musical “Burlesque,” starring Christina Aguilera and Cher, nearly tied in the No. 3 and No. 4 rankings with $6.1 million each. In its second week in theaters, “Burlesque” has sold just under $27 million worth of tickets for its Sony Screen Gems studio, a division of Sony Corp’s, while “Unstoppable” has taken in roughly $69 million in four weeks for News Corp unit 2Oth Century Fox. Also finding $6.1 million this weekend was Tony Scott’s “Unstoppable.”  The Chris Pine and Denzel Washington thriller now has $68.8 million and should surpass the $80 million mark when all is said in done. Just three weekends left in the year and thankfully several strong titles on the way as we head toward what we hope will be a strong finish to the box office year of 2010. “Studios typically avoid programming any big titles into this slot because of the big pullback on spending,” says Gitesh Pandya of BoxOfficeGuru.com. Rounding out the top five movies was romance “Love and Other Drugs,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. Speaking of The King’s Speech , the historical drama (and presumed Oscar frontrunner) dropped a mere 8 percent for $326,000.

The Cher musical Burlesque and Unstoppable , the runaway train thriller with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine , tied for third place with $6.1 million. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1 — $16.7 mil 3. (tie) Burlesque — $6.1 mil 3. (tie) Unstoppable — $6.1 mil 5. Love and Other Drugs — $5.7 mil.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Disney animated fairy tale “Tangled” knocked British boy wizard Harry Potter from the top of movie box office charts on the weekend, claiming the No. 1 spot with $21.5 million, according to studio estimates on Sunday. After two straight weeks at No. 1, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1″ fell to second place, ringing up $16.7 million and pushing its total ticket sales in the United States and Canada to just over $244 million in three weeks for the Warner Bros. studio, a unit of Time Warner Inc. Mandy Moore’s animated musical “Tangled,” a new take on long-haired fairy-tale princess Rapunzel, sewed up the No. 1 spot with $21.5 million in its second weekend. A Disney princess has toppled the boy wizard. It was the second-smallest box-office weekend of the year, according to data compiled by Hollywood.com. Disney ranked fourth among studios with $1.28 billion in domestic sales as of Dec. 2, according to Box Office Mojo. Coming off strong exit polls in its debut, “Tangled” fell 56%, a relatively modest decline coming off a busy holiday weekend, to take in $21.5 million, according to an estimate from distributor Walt Disney Studios. Time Warner Inc. was first with $1.8 billion. “Tangled” tells the story of Rapunzel, a girl whose magical hair is 70 feet long. “These numbers are very good,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box office analyst hollywood.com. “The Warrior’s Way”   alas was not the moviegoer’s way this weekend. The only wide release couldn’t compete with, well, anything, and only scraped together $3.1 million for ninth place.

The film, the seventh in the series based on J.K. Rowling’s books, had sales of $16.7 million for the weekend. Tangled 3D from Disney, a new spin on the classic tale CGI Rapunzel, opened its doors on Wednesday $ 20,000,000 at the box office earned a respectable first two days. ok just visit our website to more movie. Another indie film, “I Love You Phillip Morris” also did well for itself, averaging $18,886 for each of its six screens. All were relatively minor drops compared with typical post-Thanksgiving performances, but the three films all had soft openings and are still unlikely to turn into hits.

Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours added 140 screens and brought in an additional $1.6 million from its total run in 433 locations.  And then there’s I Love You, Phillip Morris .  In its (long awaited) debut in 6 theatres, Phillip Morris earned an estimated $113,316.  Beat that, Little Fockers! Family film “Tangled,” based on the tale of long-haired Rapunzel who longs to escape from her tower in the forest, has now raked in more than $96 million in two weeks for The Walt Disney Co.

It was closed for four days last year while the scene was filmed. Now, for one night only on 10 December, visitors can walk through its dark corridors. Merseytravel donated a £20,000 payment from Warner Brothers to charity Claire House hospice after filming. It’s the unofficial beginning of Oscar season, after all. Well, that will never happen. After last weekend’s huge opening 18.3 million pounds ($28.45 million), it took another 8.34 million, according to Screen International Tuesday.

With a worldwide total approaching 90 million US dollars (£57,646,302), there is no doubt that the family-friendly film will continue to do well with international audiences as it expands into more territories in the coming weeks. Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley and Ray Winstone came in at three with gangster movie “London Boulevard,” while pregnancy-themed road movie “Due Date” slipped two spots to four. Cher and Christina Aguilera will certainly be in contention with the second weekend of Sony’s “Burlesque,” which has performed well midweek and should maintain a solid footing with a gross in the $7 million to $10 million range. “The American,” with George Clooney as an assassin hiding out in Italy for one last hit, made its debut at five. The musical diva-fest “Burlesque” lagged behind the kid-friendly blockbusters, coming in third place. PopWatchers, will you be catching up on movies you missed during Thanksgiving? Family movie “Despicable Me” fell three places to sixth, just above the third part of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy of crime novels, “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest” which could only manage seventh place on its opening week. The movie’s total estimated tally currently stands at $22.9 million. Anna Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal’s nudity-filled romantic drama “Love and Other Drugs” came in fourth place. Screenwriter Steve Kloves, an Oscar nominee for “Wonder Boys,” has adapted all but one of the books, a feat unprecedented in the annals of the Writers Guild, and he’s never been nominated for them.

The only wide release debuting this weekend will be Relativity Media’s action-fantasy “The Warrior’s Way,” featuring international superstar Dong-gun Jang. “Unstoppable” continues to cling to a top-five slot at the box office. All of these performers are, or have been, brilliant in roles that so easily could be over-played or phoned in or made ridiculous. As well as being able to walk out on to the roadway where the scenes were shot, visitors will be able to get a glimpse of the workings of the two-mile tunnel, through which 35,000 vehicles travel a day. It was released in cinemas last month and broke five UK box office records, according to Warner Bros.

Megamind , Paramount’s animated superhero adventure, took third place with $12.9 million in its fourth week in release. The film, starring Will Ferrell , has earned $130.5 million so far. Overseas gross total, $389.2 million, is $168.8 million more than the seventh Harry Potter installment has grossed so far in the U.S. and Canada. Tweet Digg When Harry met Hairy, the whole family showed up. The next-to-last “Harry Potter” movie raised its domestic total to $220.4 million after just 10 days in theaters, according to distributor Warner Bros. Germany weighed in with $10.4 million from 1,450 screens for a cume of $36.8 million. However, Deathly Hallows is slipping a bit quicker than some of its predecessors. Japan came up with $7.3 million from 886 sites (cume $34.8 million) while Australia provided $6.4 million from 610 situations (cume $25.1 million). For instance, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , the last Potter film to be released a week before Thanksgiving, earned $81.3 million over this five-day holiday weekend. The movie raised its five-day total to $69 million since opening the day before Thanksgiving. Paramount’s Megamind is still a major factor with families and kids for the holiday weekend.  The film has been a powerhouse since its debut on November 5 and a 3-D enhanced revenue total of $130.5 million to date.  Again, great marketing and a perfect film for the holidays has made this a consistent performer at the box office.

Like the Twilight films, DH1 has racked up the majority of its revenue abroad: its worldwide total has already flown past the $600 million mark. “Tangled” not only shot past that mark but also challenged “Harry Potter” for the No. 1 spot. An arduous six years in production, with numerous directors and reimagineerings – and a final budget in the $260 million range, which may make it the costliest animated feature ever – this makeover of the Grimm brothers’ Rapunzel story was seen as just another old-fashioned Disney film: plucky heroine, romantic dude, cute critters and a full sheaf of songs from composer Alan Menken. “‘Potter’ is such a huge hit. Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway’s romance “Love & Other Drugs” debuted at No. 6 with a three-day haul of $9.9 million and a total of $14 million since opening Wednesday. In fourth place was the new musical Burlesque , which shimmied to $11.8 million (and $17.2 million for the five-day frame). The week’s other two new releases, Love and Other Drugs and Faster , claimed sixth and seventh place with $9.9 million and $8.7 million, respectively. The R-rated drama, an Oscar frontrunner that stars Colin Firth as the stuttering King George VI, earned $87,500 per location — the largest per-theater average so far this year. Despite big business for “Harry Potter” and “Tangled,” Hollywood fell short of the Thanksgiving revenue record set last year, when “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” and “The Blind Side” led the box office. In Italy, Universal opened director Luca Lucini ‘s comedy-drama La Donna Della Mia Vita , the studio’s coproduction with Cattleya, at 295 screens for an estimated $1.4 million and a No. 4 market ranking. Universal’s Spanish-language coproduction, Julia’s Eyes , held the No. 5 position in Spain with 580,000 drawn from 286 situations for a 31-day market cume of $8.3 million. Until it’s revealed that Screen Gems chief Clint Culpepper greenlighted his boyfriend’s $55+ million passion project. (Their on-set strife over budget, schedule and creative decisions resulted in the most expensive film in Screen Gems history, and word is they’re now broken up after 20 years.

The other newcomer of the weekend, Faster , starring Dwayne Johnson as a man hellbent on revenge, made its debut in seventh with $8.6 million. Final figures are due today.