Monday, December 1, 2008

Four Christmases enjoys one of the biggest Thanksgiving opening weekends

The holiday season is upon us and Christmas is at the corner and there is no better way to enjoy the Christmas then watching a good Christmas movie and that is what Four Christmases provides to the movie goers. Starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, Four Christmases is a romantic comedy that focuses on the spirit of Christmas. Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn are unmarried couples who plan a romantic get away every Christmas but failed to do this year. Now they have no other option but to spend Christmas with four of their divorced parents.


Four Christmases which opened on November 26, 2008, collected

$ 46.7 million making it the third biggest Thanksgiving opening ever after Toy Story 2 ($80.1 million) and Enchanted ($49.1 million).


Twilight, which enjoyed the top position last week, took the second lead. Based on Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 bestseller novel by the same name, Twilight collected $35.7 million on its opening day. Overall, the movie collected $69.6 million in Canada and North America. This week it observed a steep decline of 62% in its collection.


Walt Disney’s animated movie, Bolt, took the third place collecting $36 million. Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond flick, is still going strong at the box office. The movie is now at the fourth position which is followed by Milk, a biological movie on California’s first gay governor, Harvey Milk.


Related articles:

New York Daily News

Entertainment Weekly.com

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