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Spectre gets hammered as the top portion of the box office blows away the bottom tier. James Bond earned $12.9 million last weekend, but in this frame, Spectre took in only $5.4 million, dropping a severe 58%. Still ahead of the lesser Daniel Craig Bond films, but well back of Skyfall, Spectre has earned $184.5 million so far and has added almost $600 million overseas.

The Night Before holds a lot better than Spectre, as it takes advantage of being the top comedy this weekend. The Seth Rogen film earned another $4.9 million, dropping a strong 41%, as it uses its Christmas theme to stay in the game. The domestic total for the Sony release has reached $32 million, and has yet to see much action overseas.

The Peanuts Movie sees the same struggles that The Good Dinosaur did this weekend, as it falls hard versus Thanksgiving weekend. The Fox/Blue Sky feature earned only $3.5 million, dropping a hurtful 64% compared to the long weekend, when it earned $9.7 million. The total to date for The Peanuts Movie has reached $121.4 million, with a wide release still to come overseas.

Spotlight adds a few more screens and is able to keep momentum going somewhat. This weekend, the Oscar chaser took in $2.9 million and dropped 45%. With more and more award announcements coming, Spotlight will ride that wave, meaning it should enjoy a healthy December. So far, Spotlight has earned $16.6 million.

Brooklyn is in the same boat as Spotlight. It added a few screens this weekend, took in $2.4 million and fell 38%. The Fox Searchlight release has now earned $11.2 million.

The Secret In Their Eyes spends its last weekend in the top ten, as it earned only $2 million this weekend, declining 56%. The Julia Roberts film is a disappointment, as it has earned only $17.2 million.

Opening on only 305 screens was Spike Lee's adaptation of the Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes. It earned $1.3 million, good for a venue average of about $4,100. That's not a huge start, but the film does have decent reviews and is fairly topical given its anti-gun leanings.

Finishing outside the top ten this weekend is The Letters, the new faith-based film about Mother Teresa. Despite going out to 886 theaters, the Freestyle Releasing flick could only manage a weekend take of $802,000. Faith-based films are obviously touch-and-go, and despite having a cast that includes Max Von Sydow and Rutger Hauer, this one still died due to awful reviews.

In limited release, both Macbeth and Youth opened, with the Shakespeare adaption getting five venues and the Michael Caine/Harvey Keitel starrer four venues. Macbeth garnered a venue average of $13,574, while Youth averaged $20,000. These are okay scores, with the real tests are still to come.

Overall, the box office had a decent return in what is a historically rough frame. This weekend, the top 12 films earned an okay $92.9 million, compared to last year, when the top 12 could only muster $70.2 million. As for the release schedule, you know how this goes. Next weekend is In the Heart of the Sea, Ron Howard's semi-prequel to Moby Dick, and the expansion of Legend, Tom Hardy's Kray brothers film. After next weekend, all bets are off, as Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally hits movie theaters.

Top Weekend Box Office for 12/4/15-12/6/15 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 2	Lionsgate	$18,600,000	- 64%	$227,112,000
2	Krampus	Universal	$16,002,000	New	$16,002,000
3	Creed	WARNER BROS.	$15,540,000	- 48%	$65,138,000
4	The Good Dinosaur	Disney	$15,512,000	- 60%	$75,951,000
5	Spectre	Sony	$5,425,000	- 58%	$184,500,000
6	The Night Before	Sony	$4,920,000	- 41%	$32,000,000
7	The Peanuts Movie	Fox	$3,525,000	- 64%	$121,437,000
8	Spotlight	Open Road Films	$2,926,844	- 34%	$16,632,541
9	Brooklyn	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$2,430,000	- 38%	$11,210,000
10	Secret In Their Eyes	Stx Entertainment	$1,950,000	- 56%	$17,241,088
11	The Martian	Fox	$1,615,000	- 50%	$220,813,000
12	Love the Coopers	Lionsgate	$1,500,000	- 51%	$22,683,626
	Also Opening/Notables
	Chi-raq	Roadside Attractions	$1,200,000	New	$1,200,000
	The Letters	Freestyle	$802,000	New	$802,000
	A Royal Night Out	Atlas	$100,000	New	$100,000
	Youth	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$80,000	New	$80,000
	Macbeth		$67,868	New	$67,868
	Hitchcock/truffaunt	Cohen Media Group	$28,000	New	$28,000
	Victor Frankenstein	Fox	$707,000	- 71%	$5,068,000
	Tamasha	Utv	$345,000	- 66%	$1,975,000
	The Danish Girl	Focus Features	$106,000	- 43%	$352,000
	Janis: Little Girl Blue	Filmrise Releasing	$65,100	+ 198%	$100,000
	Carol	Weinstein Co.	$147,241	- 26%	$817,119
	Legend	Universal	$264,000	- 11%	$907,000
	Trumbo	Bleecker Street	$956,235	- 38%	$4,170,480
	Suffragette	Focus Features	$146,000	- 44%	$4,300,000
	Room	A24	$209,125	- 35%	$3,773,449
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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