True Grit, relegated to second place for two weeks in a row, finally pulled ahead of Little Fockers, taking the top spot and earning $15 million for its efforts, putting the Coen Brothers western at $110 million in 3 weeks. Fockers fell to 2nd place with $13.8 million, still edging out Grit in overall earnings with $123.9 million during the same time span. But leave it to new release Season of the Witch to place 3rd, making $10.7 million. While Grit has earned near universal acclaim, Fockers has suffered poor reviews with audiences and critics, while the supernatural thriller starring Nicholas Cage has gotten downright condemnation from critics, earning it the award for "Worst Movie of 2011" with almost all of 2011 still to go. Audience reaction has been mixed.

Tron: Legacy continues to perform strongly despite entering 4th place, making $9.8 million, but even this was overshadowed by the continued impressive performance of Black Swan. Swan rose to 5th place from 9th, earning $8.3 million … less than it did last week, but at $61.4 million over six weeks, Darren Aronofsky's ballet thriller has earned nearly quadruple its budget. Entering its third week (but first in wide release), Country Strong, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, continues the trend of the newest films in release, earning mixed reviews from audiences and scorn from critics. But the $7.3 million it earned was still enough to land it in 6th place. Not to be outdone, The Fighter earned $7 million to stay in 7th; perhaps not as impressive a performance as Swan, but at $57.8 million overall it has still earned nearly as much, and for a film that cost $10 million more to make has managed to do admirably in its fifth week.

 

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The calendar may have changed, but the results are still the same: the top three champions from last week reign in the same spots they did the week before. Little Fockers came in 1st with $26.3 million, bringing it over $100 million total in its second week. True Grit showed few signs of slowing down as well, staying put in the second spot and doing $24.5 million in

The weekend box office opened early this weekend, with Wednesday openers rounding out the top spots. Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro brought in a healthy $48.3 million in the five-day opener of Little Fockers to claim first place, with $34 million over the 3-day weekend; reviews, however, are not as kind. In second, Jeff Bridges and Josh Brolin made good numbers with the western remake True Grit

3-D was a winner this weekend; the top 3 spots all used the gimmick to good effect, with new entries Tron: Legacy and Yogi Bear taking the top two spots. The first, the sequel to the 1982 Disney film Tron, netted a solid $43.6 million domestically. The adaptation of the Hanna Barbera series, starring Dan Aykroyd as Yogi and Justin Timberlake as Boo-Boo, came in a distant 2nd

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader grabbed the top spot this week, the family film earning $24.5 million over the weekend. Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie's The Tourist came in 2nd with $17 million. Both films have received mixed to poor critical reviews, respectively.

Disney's Tangled fell to 3rd in its third week, earning

An interesting switch-a-roo this weekend; Disney’s Tangled, second to the boy wizard last week, turned the tables this weekend, earning $21.5 million at the box office. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 fell to second with $16.7 million, but with $244.2 million already in the bank, it’s not all tears at Hogwarts. This is Tangled’s second week at the box office, giving it a running total

The fight between two fantasy heavyweights was brutal, but Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) came out on top for the second week in a row, earning $76.2 million at the box office over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend. Coming in second, Disney's well-received remake of the Rapunzel tale Tangled wasn't any slouch, drawing $69 million. Megamind continues its drop off, but still remains a solid 3rd,

No surprises here; the wizard pulled money in faster than one could say "Expelliarmus," in the 7th (and mostly final) installment of his adventures. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 raked in $125.1 million this weekend, $61 million of which was made Friday night. This more than overshadowed Megamind, which fell to 2nd in its third week with $16.2 million and Unstoppable dropped off

Maybe the mostly positive reviews went to that big blue head of his, but it worked with audiences: Megamind again led the box office, earning the top spot for its second weekend with $30 million. Will Ferrell and company bring the film’s total earnings to $89 million … still a bit short for its $130 million budget, but certainly nothing to sneeze at. Meanwhile, Denzel Washington’s thrill ride

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