Below are the top 12 weekend final numbers from the North American box office:

1. The Princess And The Frog - $24,208,916
2. The Blind Side - $15,055,258
3. Invictus - $8,611,147
4. The Twilight Saga: New Moon - $7,960,394
5. A Christmas Carol (2009) - $6,833,190
6. Brothers - $5,014,426
7. Old Dogs - $4,409,772
8. 2012 - $4,351,565
9. Armored - $3,504,374
10. Ninja Assassin - $2,707,470
11. Up In The Air - $2,394,344
12. Planet 51 - $2,267,038

Overall, the US Box Office was down 4.5% on last weekend's gross.

Traditional 2-D Disney Animation made a come back of sorts this weekend with their newest offering since the genre fizzled out a decade ago, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, topped the box office with a solid $24.2 million over the weekend. This is okay given the dormant nature of 2-D cartoon animation, but the film does carry a $100+ million price tag and will need strong legs to get that money back.

For what seems to be a December tradition now, director Clint Eastwood returns with his latest attempt at Oscar glory with INVICTUS, opening with a decent $8.6 million over the weekend. Although not as marketable as some of his previous efforts, the film should do well through to the awards season.

Returning films THE BLIND SIDE and NEW MOON did well, particularly in the case of the former only losing 25% of its audience from last weekend to earn $15 million. THE BLIND SIDE is one of the year's big winners and impressive performers. The vampire flick NEW MOON on the other hand had a smaller drop of 48% compared to previous weekend but the film has seriously run out of steam, although it has now earned $267 million domestically against a $50 million budget.

Overall, the US Box Office did not do anything stellar this weekend, recording its fourth successive drop in a row since the mind-blowing opening of NEW MOON.

The Top 12 at the US Box Office took in a total of $87,317,894 for the whole of the weekend 11-13 December 2009.