«Twilight» finale takes in $ 65M, «Skyfall» adds $ 51M and «Lincoln» and «Life of Pi» over-perform as holiday movie season is off to a record start (thewrap.com)
Then, 2015 brought us Focus, the first original Smith film since 2008 and the first to open outside the lucrative summer and holiday movie seasons since 2005's Hitch. (dvdizzy.com)
The strong box - office weekend — up 21 percent from the same weekend last year — bodes well for Hollywood ahead of the arrival of «Skyfall» and the upcoming holiday movie season. (csmonitor.com)