Breaking Dawn Can't Save Thanksgiving

Breaking Dawn: Part 1 was the stuffing for Hollywood's otherwise lean Thanksgiving holiday.

The Twilight franchise's latest grossed $62.3 million from Wednesday-Sunday, estimates showed, and led the box-office standings for a second weekend. 

Then there were the leftovers—and the turkey.

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The Muppets made headway on Kermit and Miss Piggy's bid for 21st century relevancy, with a good, not great $42 million five-day total.

Martin Scorsese likewise made headway on the director's bid to become a family (family-ish?) director. After a slow start on Wednesday and Thanksgiving, his Hugo put up better numbers than The Muppets, theater for theater, over the three-day weekend, for a Friday-Sunday estimated total of $11.4 million.

Neither new release, however, was Tangled, which, last Thanksgiving grossed more than both movies combined.

As for poor Arthur Christmas… Playing on about 2,000 more screens than Hugo, the CGI family film barely outgrossed the Scorsese entry, with a five-day start of just $17 million.

Arthur Christmas, like The Muppets and Hugo, got strong buzz from critics, and good grades from opening-weekend audiences, so it's possible that its turkey status will be a passing thing. Or so the $100 million movie hopes.

Overall, the Thankgiving box office was down about 10 percent from 2010's, Exhibitor Relations said.

Perhaps Hollywood's problem was too much talk and/or talkies. The Artist, a black-and-white silent, had the best weekend of any film, theater for theater, averaging $52,604 off four screens. 

Breaking Dawn: Part 1 obviously had a nice holiday, too, crossing the $200 million mark domestically, and nearing a half-billion worldwide.

Eddie Murphy's Tower Heist was a curiousity, growing from week to week, after a sluggish month in theaters. 

Elsewhere, Michelle Williams' My Week With Marilyn built Oscar momentum with a solid $2.1 million holiday start (off only 244 screens), while Clint Eastwood and Leonardo DiCaprio's J. Edgar moved in the opposite direction, falling out of the Top 10 after just one weekend.

Here's a complete look at the weekend's top movies, as compiled from the studios' Friday-Sunday domestic estimates and Exhibitor Relations:

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, $42 millionThe Muppets, $29.5 millionHappy Feet Two, $13.4 millionArthur Christmas, $12.7 millionHugo, $11.4 millionJack and Jill, $10.3 millionImmortals, $8.8 millionPuss in Boots, $7.5 million Tower Heist, $7.3 millionThe Descendants, $7.2 million

Tori Spelling Uses New Baby Hattie as Thanksgiving Stuffing

Tori Spelling took dressing baby Hattie to a whole new level Thanksgiving Day!

Check out the Thanksgiving goof Tori posted on her official website, dubbed the "roast turkey costume." It's a poultry ensemble complete with fake veggies and the newest addition to the Spelling-McDermott family, Hattie, as the stuffing!

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Tori explains her creation: "OK, this one isn't edible, but if you have a baby at home, here's a fun Thanksgiving craft project you can make for what will be very memorable holiday photos. Your older kids will love helping to make this for their baby bro or sis—Stella loved gluing the faux veggies on the faux platter."

Tori sure pulled a mom move with this one, yet kept in mind baby Hattie and offered a disclaimer for her daughter when she grows up: "Sorry to future 18 year-old Hattie. It was too cute an idea to pass up. If it's any solace, you wore turkey well!"

We have to admit, Hattie sure does rock the bird. 

"Breaking Dawn" Grabs Thanksgiving Box Office Lead

Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" continued to lock up first place at the box office to begin the long weekend of November 23-27, 2011.

The Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner starring vampire picture took in $12 million on Wednesday with a forecast of $55 million over the five-day weekend run.

Settling for the runner-up slot was a cinema newcomer, as the family friendly picture "The Muppets" brought in $7.2 million on opening day with an anticipated Thanksgiving weekend grand total projected at $42.5 million.

With quite the spread being found between second and third, the animated movie "Happy Feet Two" slipped a spot from last week's runner-up status with $2.9 million in earnings on Wednesday with a holiday weekend outlook set at $18 million.

Rounding out the top ten in projected five-day earnings at the box office are "Arthur Christmas" ($17 million), "Immortals" ($12.2 million), "Jack & Jill" ($11.2 million), "Puss In Boots" ($10.8 million), "Hugo" ($10.5 million), "Tower Heist" ($8.5 million) and "The Descendants" ($6.8 million).

Kim Kardashian & Co. Dish Out Thanksgiving Meals

Giving back to those in need, Kim Kardashian joined Jennifer Love Hewitt and Zoe Saldana at the Los Angeles Mission on Friday afternoon (November 23).

The trio of Tinseltown ladies tossed on their red aprons as they dished out turkey dinners to a long line of appreciative people.

Of the effort, Miss Kardashian tweeted, "Just left the LA Mission. Met so many kind hearted people! They're goal is to feed 120,000 people by the end of the yr! We fed so many today"

The recently divorced E! reality star added, "Everyone of us can do something small that will make a huge difference to someone else"

Enjoy the pictures of Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Zoe Saldana giving Thanksgiving dinner to the homeless at The Los Angeles Mission (November 23).