Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" dominated the box office with a big $140.7 million posted from 4,024 theatres. Pic has been torn to pieces by critics but, like "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," critic opinions meant little as the film averaged $34,965 per venue, thanks to fans swarming in to see their favorite vamp or werewolf characters.

The adaptation of the second Stephenie Meyer novel starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner has already posted over $118 million overseas. Film earned the third biggest opening weekend ever behind "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 3." In fact, the film would have grossed even more had it not been for the very solid opening of Warner Bros. Pictures' Sandra Bullock starrer "The Blind Side." Drama manage to churn out $34.5 million from 3,110 venues, averaging $11,096 per theatre.

Sony Pictures' "2012" showed a $59.4% change in its sophomore weekend at play with $26.5 million in third position. Roland Emmerich's over-the-top epic adventure budgeted at around $200 million, has accumulated over $108.2 million in the U.S. and around $160 million overseas.

Also from Sony, animated family comedy "Planet 51," featuring the voice talents of Dwayne Johnson among others, earned $12.6 million in its opening weekend from 3,035 locations.

Fifth placed "A Christmas Carol" helmed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright and Crispin Glover, showed a 45.2% change in its third weekend at play when grossing $12.2 million.

Expanding its reach into another 455 theatres, Lionsgate's critically-acclaimed drama "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," made a hefty $11 million at an average of $17,501.

As far as limited openers goes, Nicolas Cage starrer "Bad Liuetenant: Port of Call New Orleans" opened in just 27 theatres but impressed with $257,000 grossed.

Sony Pictures Classics' drama "Broken Embraces" pulled in a great $108,000 from just two theatres.