Of the four new movies, the holiday comedy Four Christmases was the highest earner of the new bunch, making more money than the other 3 new movies combined during the 5-day Thanksgiving weekend.

TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (studio estimates)
1. “Four Christmases” – $31.68 million (1st week)

2. “Bolt” – $26.60 million
(2nd week, was #3 last week, gained 1% more than its audience from last week)

3. “Twilight” – $26.37 million 
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 62% of its audience from last week)

4. “Quantum of Solace” - $19.50 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 27% of its audience from last week)

5. “Australia” – $14.82 million (1st week)

6. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” – $14.50 million 
(4th week, was #4 last week, lost 7% of its audience from last week)

7. “Transporter 3″ – $12.33 million (1st week)

8. “Role Models” – $5.28 million
(4th week, was #5 last week, lost 28% of its audience from last week)

9. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” – $1.69 million
(4th week, was #8 last week, gained 3% more than its audience from last week, added 30% more theaters)

10. “Milk” – $1.38 million (1st week)

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11. “Slumdog Millionaire” – $1.37 million
(3rd week, was #11 last week, gained 44% more than its audience from last week, added 35% more theaters)

12. “Changeling” - $1.21 million
(6th week, was #6 last week, lost 55% of its audience from last week)

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo

“Four Christmases” poster courtesy New Line Cinema