Audiences welcomed The Muppets back with open arms over the weekend as Jason Segel’s movie made just under $30 million between Friday and Sunday and an estimated $42 mil over the full 5-day weekend. No small feat to be sure, but still not good enough to take down The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which continued to steamroll over the competition with another $42 million ($62 million over 5 days), bringing it past the $200 million mark domestically. Happy Feet Two came in third, while both Arthur Christmas and Hugo rounded out the top 5 with lukewarm debuts. Hugo could still improve as it expands to more theatres with no new competition being introduced next week. Meanwhile, at #10 for the second week in a row, Alexander Payne’s The Descendants continues to put up impressive numbers for a limited release.

1. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1– $42M
2. The Muppets — $29.5M
3. Happy Feet Two — $13.4M
4. Arthur Christmas — $12.7M
5. Hugo — $11.3M
6. Jack and Jill — $10.3M
7. Immortals — $8.8M
8. Puss in Boots — $7.45M
9. Tower Heist — $7.32M
10. The Descendants — $7.2M