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The box office was dead over the weekend of November 30 - the usual post-Turkey blues. While the frame is nearly always one of the worst of the busy holiday season - shopping is the priority - 2007’s post-Thanksgiving weekend has the dubious distinction of being the least-attended in a decade. Apparently the Hayden Christensen-Jessica Alba turkey Awake, the weekend’s only new wide release, wasn’t lighting any fires. It tanked with a pithy $5.9 million.

Holdovers held the top spots, as usual for a post-holiday weekend. Enchanted once again led, down 52% to $16.4 million, followed by Beowulf with $8.2 million and profitable hit This Christmas with $7.9 million. Still playing in less than 1,000 theatres, No Country for Old Men had the lowest drop in the top ten and raked in $4.4 million for a $22 million cume. In limited release, The Savages and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly opened to promising numbers. All Hollywood wallets are waiting to see the numbers from The Golden Compass this coming weekend. Will it be Lord of the Rings…or Eragon?

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