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Harry Potter has narrowly won a box-office tangle with a fairy-tale princess. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" remained the No. 1 movie with $50.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend, closely followed by the animated musical "Tangled" with $49.1 million.

It was a Thanksgiving feast for the teenage wizard, as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1 led the box office on Thursday by engulfing $11.5 million, according to early estimates. That result brings the PG-13 fantasy film’s seven-day gross to $170 million. Not far behind on Thanksgiving, and performing stronger than expected, was Disney’s animated musical Tangled, which earned $8.1 million.

Harry Potter has cast his biggest box-office spell yet with a franchise record $125.1 million domestically over opening weekend.

Harry Potter is on the way to his biggest magic act yet. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" conjured up $61.2 million domestically in its first day, positioning it for the best opening weekend ever for the series about the young wizard.

Close race for no. 1 between "Unstoppable" and "Megamind" for the weekend after the Tony Scott thriller takes the top spot Friday with $8.5 million.

FRIDAY 4:30 PM: Early North American box office reports reaching me indicate that DreamWorks Animation's Megamind 3D may be underperforming with an estimated $42M weekend from a giant release of 3,944 theaters with 2,634 of them 3D-equipped, Warner Bros' Due Date grossing on target with an estimated $35M from 3,355 theaters, and Lionsgate's For Colored Girls overperforming for an estimated $28M from 2,127 theaters.

1. Saw VII 3D (Lionsgate) NEW [2,808 Theaters] Friday $11M, Estimated Weekend $28M - A scary Halloween to one and all. You know what frightens me? More Saw pics. This is supposed to be the final chapter of the franchise that has made $763 million in global box office and $1+ billion in DVD sales.

The movie "Paranormal Activity 2" took the top slot at the box office this weekend. Paramount’s supernatural horror film brought in $41.5 million at the domestic box office, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com. That was a much bigger splash than most experts had expected.

Paramount Pictures scores with moviegoers as "Paranormal Activity 2" and "Jackass 3-D" gross $19 million and $7.7 million to lead Friday's box office.

Johnny Knoxville and his "Jackass" gang are even bigger hits in three dimensions. Jackass 3D," their latest big-screen collection of crazy stunts and antics, opened with a whopping $50 million, soaring past the debuts of their first two movies, according to studio estimates Sunday.