Box Office Update: Brad Pitt Bombs

This weekend the news was ALL bad for Brad Pitt and director Andrew Dominik thanks to the poor performance of Killing Them Softly.

The news was bleak for Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton horror flick The Collection as well.

Holdovers The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2, The CG animated Rise of the Guardians Ang Lee's 3-D adaptation of Yann Martel's beloved novel Life Of Pi Steven Spielberg's Lincoln biopic And Skyfall take the top spots..

Pamela McClintock of THR:

After receiving a rare F CinemaScore from moviegoers, Brad Pitt's independent crime drama Killing Them Softly opened nationwide to a soft $7 million, coming in No. 7.

Directed by Andrew Dominik, the violent crime drama becomes only the eighth movie ever to receive the failing grade. George Clooney's Solaris and Killing Them Softly are the only non-horror titles among the bunch.

Pitt's Plan B production company produced the $15 million Killing Them Softly, based on George V. Higgins' 1974 book Cogan's Trade, with Inferno Entertainment and Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, which put up some of the financing. The Weinstein Co. is distributing domestically.

The movie stars Pitt as professional enforcer Jackie Cogan, who is charged with investigating a robbery at a mob-protected poker game. It also stars Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini and Sam Shepard.

The weekend after Thanksgiving is generally dominated by holdovers, and this year was no exception as Twilight: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2, Skyfall and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln continued to top the box office.

Summit Entertainment's Breaking Dawn 2 jumped the $700 million mark globally over the weekend, grossing $17.4 million domestically for a total $254.6 million and $48.4 million internationally for a total $447.8 million. The worldwide cume is now $702.4 million.

MGM and Sony's Skyfall continued, grossed $17 million in its fourth weekend for a North American cume of $246 million and worldwide total in the $850 million range.

Lincoln, from DreamWorks and Disney, grossed $13.5 million for a domestic total of $48.9 million. The historical drama, starring Daniel Day Lewis as the storied president, continues to be a hit with adults.

DreamWorks Animation and Paramount's 3D toon Rise of the Guardians came in No. 4, falling 43 percent in its second weekend to $13.5 million for a domestic total of $48.9 million. The holiday-themed pic got off to a disappointing start over Thanksgiving, but DWA and Paramount are hopeful it will play throughout Christmas, saying it is pacing in step with The Polar Express.

Overseas, Rise of the Guardians grossed $40 million in 46 territories, placing No. 1 in 20 of those markets. The toon has now grossed $57 million internationally for a worldwide total of $105.9 million.

Ang Lee's Thanksgiving entry Life of Pi came in No. 5, falling 47 percent in its second weekend to $12 million for a domestic total of $48.4 million.

The weekend's only other new release was horror sequel The Collection, which opened to a disappointing $3.8 million.

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