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Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros.' inspirational Dolphin Tale took the No. 1 spot in its second weekend with $14.2 million, wresting the box office crown from fellow family pic The Lion King. Dolphin Tale fell only 27 percent--proving again the clout of an A+ CinemaScore—and ended the weekend with a domestic cume of $37.5 million. The movie's staying power is a victory for Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove's Alcon, the same production company behind The Blind Side, another film that played to both general moviegoers and faith-based audiences.

Alcon Entertainment's Sandra Bullock heartwarmer continues its rush for box office yardage at the start of its 3rd week with a cume of $115.6M and estimated $21M weekend and $6.8M Friday. Summit Entertainment's New Moon is beginning to flag domestically, but only after reaching an enormous $245M cume for an estimated $15.2M weekend and $5.2M Friday.

Studio execs should give plenty of thanks to female moviegoers: "Twilight: New Moon" and "The Blind Side" led the best-ever Thanksgiving weekend at the box office by drawing women and families into theaters, while male-centric newcomers "Old Dogs" and "Ninja Assassin" only earned so-so numbers.