Universal and Beacon Pictures' opening of the R rated espionage thriller Spy Game held on to third place in its second week with a still solid ESTIMATED $11.21 million (-48 percent) at 2,770 theaters (theater count unchanged; $4,045 per theater. Its cume is approximately $46.9 million.
Directed by Tony Scott and produced by Douglas Wick and Marc Abraham, it stars Robert Redford and Brad Pitt.
"I think that the hold was extraordinary on Spy Game," Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning. "Usually, if you look at the top five films that do a tremendous amount of business during the Thanksgiving holiday it's become the norm to expect a 50 percent or more drop off, as is evident by the rest of the pack.
"The 48 percent hold I think is exceptional and it could turn out with Sunday's business to be even better than that. We're talking about a film that (last weekend) grossed $30 million ($30.57 million for the five-day Thanksgiving holiday period), which was highly unusual for an adult film to begin with. So I'm very happy about the results this weekend."
Buena Vista/Disney and Pixar Animation Studios' G rated computer animated feature Monsters, Inc. slid two slots to fourth place in its fifth week with a less lively ESTIMATED $9.4 million (-61 percent) at 3,390 theaters (-259 theaters; $2,777 per theater). Its cume is approximately $204.3 million, heading for $260-280 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by Pete Docter, it was co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman and written by Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson.
20th Century Fox's PG-13 rated urban appeal comedy Black Knight dropped one peg to fifth place in its second week with a quiet ESTIMATED $5.7 million (-49 percent) at 2,534 theaters (-37 theaters; $2,249 per theater). Its cume is approximately $23.0 million, heading for the mid-$30 millions in domestic theaters.
Directed by Gil Junger, it stars Martin Lawrence.
20th Century Fox's PG-13 rated romantic comedy Shallow Hal fell one rung to sixth place in its fourth week with a less funny ESTIMATED $4.65 million (-45 percent) at 2,429 theaters (-214 theaters; $1,914 per theater). Its cume is approximately $61.2 million, heading for $70 million-plus in domestic theaters.
Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly, it stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black.