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The weekend after Thanksgiving is probably the slowest of year, and 2011 is not different.our editor recommendsBox Office Preview: 'Shame,' Oscar Competitors Jockey for Position as Honours Season Will get Warmer 'Shame': Just what the Experts Are Saying'Shame' Director Steve McQueen on Making His NC-17 Sex Addiction Drama (Video)New Movie Reviews: 'Shame,' 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Coriolanus' Striking Theaters With no new wide releases, Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 1 ongoing to top the domestic box office, grossing $5.5 million on Friday for just about any cume of $235.9 million. The pic is on course for just about any $16.8 million weekend. Disney's kids pic The Muppets held at No. 2, grossing $2.8 million on its second Friday for just about any winning domestic cume of $48 million and forecasted $12 million weekend. PHOTOS: Films that Narrowly Avoided an NC-17 Not remarkably, movies saw steep drops in the earlier Friday, a holiday. Breaking Beginning was lower 67 percent in the earlier Friday, while Muppets fell 77 percent. But overall, box office revenues for your weekend aren't prone to fall behind 2010 levels. The particular action is a type of award competitors. Martin Scorsese's Hugo upped its theater count by greater than 500 on Friday after being named best film of year with the National Board of Review (Scorsese also won best director). Hugo, compiled by Vital, made $2 million on Friday, putting it at No. 3. VIDEOS: THR's Honours Season Roundtable Series 2011: The Organization company directors Hugo, now playing in 1,840 locations, are available in an in depth race Saturday or sunday using the new the new sony and Aardman's 3d family film Arthur Christmas. Arthur Christmas, playing in a lot more theaters, made $1.7 million on Friday from three,376 locations for just about any domestic cume of $19.6 000 0000. Both Arthur Christmas and Hugo are projecting a $7 million weekend. Furthermore to Hugo, award competitors Shame, The Artist, The Descendants and My Week with Marilyn all did good business on Friday. COVER STORY: Martin Scorsese Talks 'Hugo,' How His 12-Year-Old Rules the Roost Shame's performance is particularly impressive since it's rated NC-17. From Fox Searchlight, the film made $110,476 from 10 theaters in five urban centers. Directed by Steve McQueen, Shame stars Michael Fassbender just like a sex addict. Carey Mulligan also stars. Searchlight's The Descendants, directed by Alexander Payne and headlining George Clooney, did adequate on Friday later on in No. 6, grossing $1.4 million from only 574 locations for just about any cume of $14.3 million. Quiet film The Artist designed a amazing $55,574 on Friday since it extended its achieve to the San Francisco Bay Area area. Within the Weinstein Co., the honours darling is becoming playing in six theaters in La, NY as well as the San Fran. The Weinsteins' honours hopeful My Week with Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams since the legendary Marilyn Monroe, showed up No. 12 on Friday, grossing $345,000 from 244 locations in top areas for just about any cume of $1.4 million. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery The Dirty Dozen: Films that Narrowly Avoided an NC-17 Related Subjects Box Office The Muppets Shame Hugo