'Twilight' maintains top place at Friday B.O.

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1'The domestic B.O. treaded water yesterday as no new wide releases meant another Friday victory for Summit's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1." Lower 67%, pic made $5.5 million getting its cume to $235.9 million.In second, Disney's "The Muppets" made $2.7 million for any cume of $48 million. Pic is anticipated to include another $13 million to Disney coffers through Sunday, though yesterday's perf indicates it might only land within the high single numbers rather. "Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" should gross around $15 million a few days ago.The bigger-than-usual drop and the possible lack of major releases this frame could be credited towards the calendar. The weekend following Thanksgiving is typically among the softest Stateside seshes of the season, using what couple of moviegoers you will find likely to play get caught up.The newcomer which has most likely received probably the most buzz this frame is Fox Searchlight's "Shame." The NC-17 drama starring Michael Fassbender like a sex addict opened up on 10 screens countrywide yesterday to some respectable average of $11,048 per screen, landing in 16th place in the domestic B.O.Using the relaxation of yesterday's top films kept in a equine race behind "Muppets," Paramount's "Hugo" jumped from last week's fifth for this week's third with $two million, possibly considering its recent National Board of Review best film win. Par's pic was then a set of The new sony releases, "Arthur Christmas" and "Jack and Jill," which made $1.7 million and $1.six million, correspondingly. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com