1 (2) Skyfall .................................$11.0 million

2 (4) Rise of the Guardians ...................$10.5 million

3 (1) Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 ........$ 9.2 million

4 (3) Lincoln .................................$ 9.1 million

5 (5) Life of Pi ..............................$ 8.3 million

6 (*) Playing for Keeps .......................$ 6.0 million

7 (6) Wreck-It Ralph ..........................$ 4.9 million

8 (7) Red Dawn ................................$ 4.3 million

9 (8) Flight ..................................$ 3.1 million

10 (7) Killing Them Softly .....................$ 2.7 million

NOTES: Last weekend's rankings in parentheses. "Red Dawn" and "Killing Them Softly" tied at 7th place last weekend. (*) = new release

CUMULATIVE TOTALS:

Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 ...............$268.7 million

Skyfall ........................................$261.6 million

Wreck-It Ralph..................................$164.4 million

Lincoln.........................................$ 97.3 million

Flight..........................................$ 86.2 million

Rise of the Guardians...........................$ 61.9 million

Life of Pi ....................................$ 60.9 million

Red Dawn........................................$ 37.3 million

Killing Them Softly ............................$ 11.8 million

Playing For Keeps ..............................$ 6.0 million

"Breaking Dawn - Part 2" was released by Summit Entertainment, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment.

Sony Corp's movie studio released "Skyfall."

"Lincoln" was produced by Dreamworks and released by Walt Disney Co. Disney also released "Wreck-It Ralph."

Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc, released "Flight" and the Dreamworks Animation production "Rise of the Guardians."

"Life of Pi" was released by 20th Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.

FilmDistrict, an independent studio, distributes "Playing for Keeps."

The Weinstein Company distributed "Killing Them Softly."

(Reporting by Ronald Grover and Andrea Burzynski)

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