Box: Judi Dench, action star and box-office queen

1. Skyfall - $72m / $72m / $225m
2. Wreck-It Ralph - $32m / $95m / $170m
3. Flight - $16m / $48.5m / $100m
4. Argo - $7m / $85.5m / $110m
5. The Man With the Iron Fists - $3.5m / $14m / $21m
6. Taken 2 - $3m / $130m / $136m
7. Cloud Atlas - $2.5m / $22.5m / $28m
8. Hotel Transylvania - $2.5m / $141m / $147m
9. Paranormal Activity 4 - $2m / $52.5m / $56m
10. Here Comes the Boom - $2m / $38.5m / $43m


The parade of well reviewed, adult-aimed films continues with the latest Bond installment.  A juggernaut overseas, it should be able to trump the opening of Quantum of Solace and end up the first Bond movie to make $200m+ unadjusted.  Argo held up well last week given the higher than expected opening of Flight, but it remains to be seen how well they do against Skyfall and next week's Lincoln.  It's a good time to be a discerning adult at a multiplex for the first time since....the early 90's?  Lincoln opens this week in 11 theatres and could cross the million dollar mark.