In the No 4 slot, family movie "Rise of the Guardians" captured $13.5 million. The Dreamworks Animation film has taken in $48.9 million since its Thanksgiving weekend debut, one of the slowest starts for a movie from the studio behind "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda".

"Guardians" features the voices of Chris Pine and Alec Baldwin as the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and other childhood favorites who save the world.

Rounding out the top five, survival story "Life of Pi" earned $12 million and fifth place. The critically praised film from director Ang Lee is based on a book about a boy stranded on a boat with an adult Bengal tiger. Its two-week domestic total reached $48.4 million.

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The other nationwide release, horror thriller "The Collection," took in $3.4 million and finished in tenth place. The movie, a sequel to 2009 movie "The Collector," tells the story of a serial killer who kidnaps women.

"Breaking Dawn - Part 2" was released by Summit Entertainment, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment. Sony Corp's movie studio distributed "Skyfall".

"Lincoln" was produced by Dreamworks and distributed by Walt Disney Co. Viacom Inc's Paramount studio distributed "Rise of the Guardians". News Corp's 20th Century Fox studio released "Life of Pi," and LD Entertainment distributed "The Collection".