“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1,” which premiered on Friday earned $283.5 million internationally and $139.5 million domestically for its first weekend. This amount falls behind only the second installment of the “Twilight” series franchise, “New Moon,” which premiered in 2009 with an opening of $142.8 million at home.

The first of the two parts of “Breaking Dawn” follows Bella Swan and her vampire beau, Edward Cullen, as they get married and are almost immediately faced with the impending doom of Edward’s spawn growing at a rapid rate within Bella.

This weekend’s revenues are as follows:

1. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” $139.5 million
2. “Happy Feet 2,” $22 million
3. “Immortals,” $12.3 million
4. “Jack and Jill,” $12 million
5. “Puss in Boots,” $10.7 million
6. “Tower Heist,” $7 million
7. “J. Edgar,” $5.9 million
8. “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,” $2.9 million
9. “In Time,” $1.7 million
10. “The Descendants,” $1.2 million

“The Green Hornet” debuted at the top of the box office over the MLK Jr. Weekend, with an estimated $40 million in earnings. That’s towards the high range of expectations, but still iffy for a film with negative reviews and a production value estimated between $90-110 million. It will remain to be seen if the film can hold up in the weeks to come to earn back that lofty sum.

Perhaps “The Dilemma” was marred by the negative publicity, because all the Vince Vaughn comedy could muster was $21 million over four days. It’s a bomb.

“True Grit” held up and delivered another $13 million, good for nearly $130 so far. Not bad for a $40 million film.

“Black Swan” and “The King’s Speech” are taking in the money that comes with awards contender status–”Speech” took in $11 million and “Swan” took $10 million, good for lofty art house totals of $46 million and $75 million so far.

The 4-Day Weekend Top 10 (Estimates)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 dominated the weekend box office, hauling in $125 million.The film was also a massive hit worldwide, bringing in another $200 million overseas, for a debut weekend of more than $300 million. Look for the film to hold up very well over Thanksgiving Break; the latest installment could unseat the original as the highest grossing film in the series. That film took $318 million total in the US.

The debut is also the highest weekend debut in the film series; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was the last film to debut on a friday, and took slightly more than $100 million in its first weekend.

The rest of the films in did middling business; Megamind had a mild decline and kept up steady business. The only other new film at the box office was The Next Three Days, which stumbled out of the gate.

The Weekend Top 10

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1: $125 million, NEW

2. Megamind: $16.1 million, $109.4 million

3. Unstoppable: $13.1 million, $42 million

4. Due Date: $9.1 million, $72.6 million

5. The Next Three Days: $6.7 million, NEW

6. Morning Glory: $5.2 million, $19.8 million

7. Skyline: $3.4 million, $17.6 million

8. Red: $2.4 million, $83.5 million

9. For Colored Girls: $2.4 million, $34.5 million

10. Secretariat: $.9 million, $56.3 million

Megamind remained in first place for the second straight weekend, inching towards the $100 million mark with $30 million.

Unstoppable had a middling debut, bringing in $23 million for second place. For a film with a fairly high price tag (estimated at more than $100 million) this can’t be a good start.

Due Date landed in third, but dropped more than 50% week to week, and has grossed less than $60 million total. While that’s pretty good, the box office star power of Robert Downey Jr., coupled with the director of The Hangover, more was expected.

Skyline and Morning Glory had very underwhelming debuts in fourth and fifth place.

The Top 10:

1. Megamind: $30 million, $89 million total

2. Unstoppable: $23.5 million, NEW

3. Due Date: $15.5 million, $59 million

4. Skyline: $11.7 million, NEW

5. Morning Glory: $9.6 million, NEW

6. For Colored Girls: $6.7 million, $31 million

7. Red: $5.1 million, $80 million

8. Paranormal Activity 2: $3 million, $82 million

9. Saw 3D: $2.7 million, $43.5 million

10. Jackass 3D: $2.3 million, $114.7 million

“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” hauled in about $7 million on Friday to top the box office and put itself in position to hold number one over theweekend. Look for the Michael Douglas sequel to earn roughly $21 million over the weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, “Wall Street 2″ will be Douglas’ highest opening weekend.

“Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” is off to a disappointing start after earning just $4.5 million on Friday. The family film should do better business on Saturday, which should help raise it’s weekend box office to $16.5 million. Warner Brothers may have been looking for a new franchise, but with a $100 million budget and this opening is unlikely to win over sequel talks.

“You Again” is headed for a modest $8 million opening in fifth place for the weekend. After “When In Rome” struggled at the box office, Kristin Bell’s cred as a starring actress is dwindling quickly.

“The Town” and “Easy A” are holding up well, only dropping about 30% from it’s opening Friday. “The Town” will battle “Guardians” for second place this weekend, aiming at $16 million, while “Easy A” is headed to a $12 million second weekend. Not bad for budding actress Emma Stone, nor for a film with an $8 million budget.

The projected top 5 for the weekend:

1. “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” – $21 million

2. “Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” – $16.5 million

3 “The Town” – $16 million, $49 million total

4. “Easy A” – $12 million, $34 million total

5. “You Again” – $ 9 million

“How to Train Your Dragon” is a sleeper hit this weekend, taking the number one spot over “Kick-Ass” and “Date Night.” Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson is celebrating a small personal victory with a role in “Dragon” and a cameo in the teen superhero flick “Kick-Ass.”
Here’s how things panned out over the weekend:

1. How To Train Your Dragon — $20,000,000

2. Kick Ass — $19,750,000

3. Date Night — $17,300,000

4. Death At A Funeral — $15,770,000

5. Clash Of The Titans — $132,984,729

6. The Last Song — $5,788,000

7. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too — $4,180,000

8. Hot Tub Time Machine — $3,545,000

9. Alice In Wonderland — $3,540,000

10. The Bounty Hunter — $3,200,000

11. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid — $2,800,000

12. Avatar — $1,025,000

Source: Rentrak

It’s been a good weekend for Tina Fey. On the heels of her “Saturday Night Live” hosting duties, her feature film “Date Night” with Steve Carrell (Blast review) debuted on top of the box office charts.

Here’s the weekend rundown:

1. Date Night, 20th Century Fox, $27,100,000
2. Clash Of The Titans, Warner Bros. $26,875,000
3. How To Train Your Dragon, Paramount, $25,350,000
4. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too, Lionsgate, $11,000,000
5. The Last Song, Disney, $10,018,000
6. Alice In Wonderland, Disney, $5,615,000 ($319,322,788 total)
7. Hot Tub Time Machine, MGM, $5,430,000
8. The Bounty Hunter, Sony, $4,300,000
9. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid , 20th Century Fox, $4,100,000
10. Letters To God, Vivendi, $1,250,000
11. Shutter Island, Paramount, $885,000 ($125,001,193 total)
12. Avatar, 20th Century Fox, $870,000 ($743,714,322 total)

Source: Rentrak

The Sandra Bullock football drama “The Blind Side” unseated “New Moon” this weekend, raking in $20.4 million in its opening days.

“New Moon” fell to second with $15.7 million after a strong few opening weeks for the vampire drama.

“Blind Side” is about a woman whose family adopts a homeless teen named Michael Oher. It’s based on a true story — Oher is now a rookie for the Baltimore Ravens.

Speaking of vampires, “Transylmania” opened this weekend also with a take of just $274,000 with an average of $272 raised per theater. The movie, in case you’re wondering, is getting bomb (that’s bad) reviews by critics.

There was a “wild rumpus” at the box office this weekend. “Where the Wild Things Are” dominated, raking in over $32 million. Eleven million dollars later, “Law Abiding Citizen” came in making $21 million. Horror flicks “Paranormal Activity” and “The Stepfather” did well, coming in at #3 and #5.

1. Where The Wild Things Are-$32,470,000
2. Law Abiding Citizen-$21,250,000
3. Paranormal Activity-$20,163,000
4. Couples Retreat-$17,948,685
5. The Stepfather-$12,300,000
6. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs -$8,100,000
7. Zombieland-$7,800,000
8. Toy Story / Toy Story 2-$3,011,000
9. Surrogates-$1,922,000
10. The Invention Of Lying-$1,905,000
11. Whip It-$1,525,000
12. Capitalism: A Love Story-$1,433,000

Credit: Rentrak Corporation

What happened this weekend in movies? Well,”Zombieland” took the spot #2 making $15 mil while “Couples Retreat” raked in twice that with $35 mil at #1. “Cloudy” is still hangin’ in there at #3.

1 Couples Retreat- $35,340,000
2 Zombieland- $15,000,000
3 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs- $12,000,000
4 Toy Story / Toy Story 2- $7,674,000
5 Paranormal Activity- $7,066,000
6 Surrogates- $4,115,000
7 The Invention Of Lying- $3,370,000
8 Whip It- $2,800,000
9 Capitalism: A Love Story- $2,700,000
10 Fame- $2,556,000
11 The Informant- $2,210,000
12 Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself- $1,540,000

Credit: Rentrak Corporation

“Zombieland” did well this weekend, as we predicted, raking in $25 million. “Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” finally took a backseat, coming in at number two with $16 million. Disney’s 3D feature, “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2″ brought up third place with $12.5 million. And it relieves me greatly to report that “Capitalism: A Love Story” made $2 million more than “Love Happens,” and all is right in the world.

1 Zombieland – $25,000,000
2 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs – $16,700,000
3 Toy Story / Toy Story 2 – $12,500,000
4 Invention Of Lying, The – $7,350,000
5 Surrogates – $7,344,000
6 Capitalism: A Love Story – $4,850,000
7 Whip It – $4,850,000
8 Fame – $4,750,000
9 Informant, The – $3,800,000
10 Love Happens – $2,777,290
11 Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself – $2,670,000
12 Pandorum – $1,923,000

Source: Rentrak Corporation

“Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” has held its number one spot for two weekends in a row, though it only raked in $24 million this weekend as opposed to a whopping $30 million last weekend.

At a distant second, we have “Surrogates” which brought in $15 million.

And somehow, “Fame” beat out “The Informant!” for third place with $10 million. Maybe people were just curious.

I think it’s worth mentioning that “9″ came in in…yep, you guessed it. 9th.

Here’s how it went down.

1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs: $24,600,000
2. Surrogates: $15,000,000
3. Fame: $10,033,000
4. The Informant!: $6,915,000
5. Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself: $4,750,000
6. Pandorum: $4,408,000
7. Love Happens: $4,327,440
8. Jennifer’s Body: $3,500,000
9. 9: $2,832,053
10. Inglourious Basterds: $2,722,000
11. All About Steve: $2,300,000
12. Julie & Julia: $1,200,000

Source: Rentrak Corporation

“Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” tripled the second place finisher this weekend, raking in more than $30 million on its opening weekend.

Matt Damon’s performance in “The Informant!” placed second, with $10.5 million, while Tyler Perry remained strong with $10 million of its own.

Here are the top films for the past weekend:

1. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs: $30,100,000
2. The Informant: $10,545,000
3. Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself: $10,060,000
4. Love Happens: $8,455,590
5. Jennifer’s Body: $6,800,000
6. 9: $5,547,959
7. Inglourious Basterds: $3,603,000
8. All About Steve: $3,400,000
9. Sorority Row: $2,489,000
10. Whiteout: $2,060,000
11. Julie & Julia: $1,900,000
12. District 9: $1,850,000

Source: Rentrak Corporation

Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” came out with a helluva weekend, to the tune of $24 million, while sexy horror flick “Sorority Row” had a disappointing sixth place showing, raking in $5.5 million, losing to “The Final Destination,” which has been around for about a month.

“Gamer,” the futuristic action title that’s not expected to be critically-acclaimed, debuted 10th with $3.1 million in revenue.

Here are the top films for this past weekend:

1. Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself: $24,030,000
2. 9: $10,856,484
3. Inglourious Basterds: $6,546,000
4. All About Steve: $5,800,000
5. The Final Destination: $5,500,000
6. Sorority Row: $5,268,000
7. Whiteout: $5,100,000
8. District 9: $3,600,000
9. Julie & Julia: $3,300,000
10. Gamer: $3,150,000
11. GI Joe: $2,525,000
12. The Time Traveler’s Wife: $2,325,000

Source: Rentrak Corporation

It was all “Tropic Thunder” for a second straight week as the riveting action comedy bested the sexy playboy flick, “House Bunny” by $1 million.

“Thunder” raked in $16.1 million last week, while “The Dark Knight” finally showed signs of ending its historic run, comng in fourth with $10.3 million.

The Fred Durst-directed “The Longshots” started its theater run in eighth with $4.3 million.

Here are the top 10 films of the week in North American box offices for the week beginning August 22.

1. Tropic Thunder: $16.1 million

2. (new) House Bunny: $15.1 million

3. (new) Death Race: $12.3 million

4. (-2) The Dark Knight: $10.3 million

5. (-2) Star Wars: The Clone Wars: $5.7 million

6. (-1) Pineapple Express: $5.6 million

7. (-3) Mirrors: $4.9 million

8. (new) The Longshots: $4.3 million

9. (-2) Mamma Mia!: $4.3 million

10. (-4) The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor $4.1 million

Domestic totals:

The Dark Knight: $489.2 million

Mamma Mia!: $124.5 million

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: $93.8 million

Pineapple Express: $73.9 million

Tropic Thunder: $65.7 million

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: $25.0 million

Mirrors: $20.1 million

“Tropic Thunder” bested “The Dark Knight” for the first time since the latest Batman movie’s release, but “Knight’s” $16.8 million was enough to pass “Star Wars” as the second highest grossing film of all time in the U.S.

We thought “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” was disappointing at third place, but we’re not surprised because we hated the movie. We hated it.

Here are the top 10 films of the weekend in North American box offices for the week beginning August 15.

1. Tropic Thunder: $26.0 million

2. The Dark Knight: $16.8 million

3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars: $15.5 million

4. Mirrors: $11.1 million

5. Pineapple Express $10.0 million

6. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: $8.6 million

7. Mamma Mia!: $6.5 million

8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2: $5.9 million

9. Step Brothers: $5.0 million

10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona: $3.7 million

Domestic totals:

The Dark Knight: $471.5 million

Hancock: $225.1 million

WALL-E: $214.1 million

Mamma Mia!: $116.4 million

Step Brothers: $90.9 million

Journey to the Center of the Earth: $88.1 million

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: $86.7 million

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army: $74.6 million

Pineapple Express: $62.9 million

Tropic Thunder: $37.0 million