Once studios release final numbers Monday Scarpe timberland, this past weekend could come in as the worst of the year if revenues finish even lower.The first weekend of December often presents a lull in between big Thanksgiving releases and the onslaught of year-end blockbusters that arrive a bit later. But this big a slowdown is surprising given that there’s quality stuff out there among the top-10 films www.nikefreesalgnorge.com, particularly family fare such as “The Muppets,” ‘’Hugo” and “Arthur Christmas.”Hollywood executives usually blame bad weekends on a weak crop of movies. “It’s tough to blame it on the product when the product is pretty good and the films are solid www.the-north-face.org.uk,” said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “While the post-Thanksgiving weekend is typically slow, it’s not usually this slow.”The dreary weekend comes after a relatively quiet Thanksgiving holiday at movie theaters Canada goose jakker, despite analysts’ predictions of potential holiday records because of a great lineup of films.But more fans might be thinking twice about heading out to theaters given the new entertainment options they have with Apple’s iPad, Amazon’s Kindle products and other gadgets www.canadagoosestoreca.com, along with their big-screen home setups for movies and television.Or it could be that Hollywood has temporarily neglected its mainstay audience of young males. Dergarabedian said there’s little out there now for guys looking for thrills and laughs.That will change in the coming weeks as Jonah Hill’s comedy “The Sitter” opens Friday Canada goose jakker, followed by a rush of action tales: Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol www.kjopgoosejakker.com,” Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” and Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin.”Women and families continue to dominate the scanty business at theaters now. Summit Entertainment’s female-driven blockbuster “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1” raised its domestic haul to $247.3 million. “Breaking Dawn” added $40.2 million overseas www.canada-gooses-jakker.com, taking it to a tally of $341 million internationally and $588.3 million worldwide.Coming in second again was Disney’s “The Muppets” with $11.2 million Nike Free Run, lifting the family film’s domestic total to $56.1 million. Despite good reviews, though, “The Muppets” audience was off more sharply than any other top-10 movie compared to Thanksgiving weekend.Paramount’s family adventure “Hugo,” an acclaimed saga directed by Martin Scorsese the north face sale, finished third with $7.6 million, raising its domestic take to $25.2 million.Sony’s animated holiday comedy “Arthur Christmas” was fourth with $7.4 million www.scarponiitalia.com, pushing its total to $25.3 million.In limited release, Fox Searchlight’s sexually explicit drama “Shame” opened strongly with $361 Canada goose,181 at 10 theaters in six cities. “Shame” expands to six more cities Friday.

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