The vampires were only a hot item for about a week as Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon's surprising hit comedy "Four Christmases" easily won the box office top spot with a take of $46.7 million in the 4-day holiday weekend run.
If that estimated amount hold, it would make the comedy the third-best Thanksgiving weekend opener ever, after Toy Story 2 ($80M) and last year's Enchanted ($49M). It's also a best for Vaughn since 'The Break-Up', and it's Witherspoon's best since 'Sweet Home Alabama' more than six years back.
The tween vampire flick "Twilight" came in as the number 2 movie scoring $39.5 million, which reflects a huge 62 percent drop from its debut a week ago. That is not good news for that film even though it has crossed the $100 million mark already.
"Four Christmases" is a surprise hit because of the bad reviews and poor slapstick script. Yet it shows that audiences still heart Vaughn and Witherspoon. It's too bad that these two talented and funny actors are wasted in this film which received a low 26 score on the tomatometer at rottentomatoes.com.
