Movie crowds kept up their holiday spirit as Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn's comedy "Four Christmases" rang up $18.2 million to lead the box office for a second-straight weekend.
The Warner Bros. flick raised its 12-day total to $70.8 million, according to studio estimates released yesterday.
Despite the economic downturn, Hollywood continued to outperform last year's holiday season, with revenues up for the fifth weekend in a row.
The top 12 movies took in $77.5 million, a 6 percent increase from the same weekend in 2007, when "The Golden Compass" opened at No. 1 with $25.8 million.
Revenues for the year are at $8.7 billion, slightly ahead of the pace last year, when Hollywood ended up with record receipts of $9.7 billion.
Ron Howard's drama "Frost/Nixon" had a huge debut in limited release, taking in $180,147 in just three theaters, averaging $60,049 per screen. That compares to a $5,451 average in 3,335 theaters for "Four Christmases."
"Frost/Nixon" expands to more theaters over the next two weeks.
The Warner Bros. flick raised its 12-day total to $70.8 million, according to studio estimates released yesterday.
Despite the economic downturn, Hollywood continued to outperform last year's holiday season, with revenues up for the fifth weekend in a row.
The top 12 movies took in $77.5 million, a 6 percent increase from the same weekend in 2007, when "The Golden Compass" opened at No. 1 with $25.8 million.
Revenues for the year are at $8.7 billion, slightly ahead of the pace last year, when Hollywood ended up with record receipts of $9.7 billion.
Ron Howard's drama "Frost/Nixon" had a huge debut in limited release, taking in $180,147 in just three theaters, averaging $60,049 per screen. That compares to a $5,451 average in 3,335 theaters for "Four Christmases."
"Frost/Nixon" expands to more theaters over the next two weeks.
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