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December 16th, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey won the weekend box office easily, and also became the biggest December debut in history.

The first installment of Peter Jackson’s new fantasy trilogy earned $84.8 million in its opening weekend, which breaks the $77 million December debuts for I Am Legend and Avatar in previous years.

Rise of the Guardians came in a very distant second with $7.4 million, while Lincoln finished in third with $7.2 million.

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December 9th, 2012

The James Bond blockbuster Skyfall won a very tight weekend box office, narrowly beating a group of holdovers that keep ruling the top half of the chart.

Skyfall earned $11 million for the top spot, beating the animated Rise of the Guardians, which took in $10.5 million for second place.

Meanwhile, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 remained in the top three with $9.2 million.

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December 2nd, 2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 edged out the James Bond movie Skyfall for first place in a tight battle for the box office crown, one week after the pair helped fuel the biggest Thanksgiving in Hollywood history.

Breaking Dawn – Part 2 earned $17.4 million while second place finisher Skyfall took in $17 million.

Coming in third was Lincoln with $13.5 million.

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November 25th, 2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 won the extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend box office.

The vampire franchise’s final installment snagged first place (again) with $66 million for the five-day period, bringing its domestic total to $228.9 million.

James Bond thriller Skyfall took second place with $51.2 million.

The presidential drama Lincoln nabbed third with $34.1 million.

Those top earners and others in the weekend’s Top 10 led to this being the biggest Thanksgiving holiday at the box office — ever.

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November 18th, 2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 easily won the weekend box office, building off a huge first night that’s put the franchise capper at $141.3 million in North America.

That figure makes the last installment of the series second only to the opening for New Moon ($142.8 million).

Last week’s champ, the James Bond flick Skyfall, had a strong second-place showing of $41.5 million.

Lincoln expanded to wide release this week, with Steven Spielberg’s presidential biopic nabbing third place with $22.4 million.

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September 13th, 2012

The first full trailer for Lincoln has debuted.

Daniel Day-Lewis stars as the President in the highly anticipated drama from Steven Spielberg, which focuses on Lincoln’s final months in office during the Civil War.

Watch here!