Box office champs of 2011

3. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

Gross: $273.4 million*

Opening date: Nov. 18

Opening weekend gross: $138.1 million

Read the Metromix review of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

(*still in release, gross through Dec. 29)

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