Pamela McClintock of Variety:
Summit Entertainment's "New Moon" scored the winning touchdown at the Thanksgiving box office, but Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment's sports drama "The Blind Side" was the underdog to watch.
In its second frame of play, "New Moon" grossed an estimated $42.5 million from 4,042runs for the three-day holiday weekend, and a total of $66 million for the Wednesday-Sunday stretch for a staggering domestic cume of $230.7 million.
"Blind Side," also in its second sesh, nearly tackled "New Moon" in grossing $40.1 million from 3,140 theaters for the weekend, and $57.5 million for the five days. Pic jumped the $100 million mark, ending the weekend with an estimated cume of $100.3 million.
Between "New Moon" and "Blind Side," new entries had to fight for leftovers as they unspooled Wednesday.
Disney's John Travolta-Robin Williams comedy "Old Dogs" placed No. 4 after "New Moon," "Blind Side" and Sony's holdover "2012," from Roland Emmerich. ("2012" grossed a healthy $18 million from 3,444 runs for the weekend, and $25.6 million for the five days.)
"Old Dogs" grossed $16.8 million for the weekend from 3,425 runs and $24.1 million for the five days.
Warners' male-driven actioner "Ninja Assassin" opened to an estimated $13.1 million for the weekend and $21 million for the five days.
Wes Anderson's prestige/family hybrid "Fantastic Mr. Fox," from 20th Century Fox," grossed $7 million from 2,033 theaters for the weekend, and $9.5 million for the five days. Film expanded nationwide on Wednesday after a two-week limited run....
Adam Markovitz of EW: New Moon' wins first place over best Thanksgiving weekend ever...
Next up: Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal play war-torn Brothers; Get in the Armored car with Columbus Short, Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne; And Robert De Niro makes sure Everybody's Fine in the American remake of the Italian pic Stanno tutti bene.
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