Friday saw a 11.5% decrease in box office revenue over the previous Friday.

1. The Princess And The Frog - $7M
2. The Blind Side - $4.7M
3. Invictus - $2.9M
4. The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $2.4M
5. A Christmas Carol (2009) - $1.7M
6. Brothers - $1.6M
7. Old Dogs - $1.2M
8. 2012 - $1.2M
9. Armored - $1.1M
10. Ninja Assassin - $0.8M

This Friday saw the return of traditional Disney animation with the opening of THE PRINCESS OF THE FROG, and it easily took out top spot with an estimated $7 million. This is a good start for a genre that has been dead in the water for years, particularly after the advent of computer animated films. Reviews have been very good, although it may take a while for Disney to regain its feet in this genre, given the competition and the fact they have not been doing it for a number of years.

The other new opener on Friday saw the return of director Clint Eastwood with another December opening film in INVICTUS, the story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of the South African rugby team to try and unite the country. Eastwood has had a spectacular decade, creating films for the 'oscar' audience (which is further exemplified by Eastwood's December release pattern) and this film looks to follow the same formula. Opening on fewer screens than other films in the Top 10, INVICTUS had a decent start with an estimated $2.9 million.

THE BLIND SIDE continues to do well although it has slowed down compared to its stellar run in the past few weeks. The film only dropped 30% on last Friday's estimates and has a fantastic $140 million in the bank thus far.

Stay tuned for a more comprehensive wrap-up of the weekend box office in North America for 11th-13th December 2009.

The Top 10 at the North American box office took in an estimated total of $24.6 million for the whole of Friday 11th December 2009.