"NEW YEAR'S EVE" IS TOAST OF THE BOX OFFICE ON TEPID WEEKEND

Still from New Year's Eve

On a weak weekend at the Box Office, Warner Bros.' New Year's Eve takes the top spot with only $13.7million, a far cry from Director Garry Marshall's last Effort Valentine's Day, which brought-in $56 million in its debut back in 2010. The Rom-Com with an All-star Cast overall has been panned by Critics, but likely will have an impact into the Holidays and currently it is showing at 3,505 theatres in North America.

20th Century Fox's The Sitter starring Jonah Hill debuts in second this weekend with $10 million, also opening to negative reviews overall, although it didn't cost nearly as much to make as New Year's Eve.  Finally knocked-out of top spot is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 with $8 million this weekend, accounting for a North American total of $259 million in four weeks of release.

Disney's The Muppets is still going steady in fourth spot with $7.2 million in its third week.  In total it has earned $65.7 million, earning back already its $45 in Production costs.  Paramount Pictures' Hugo 3-D meanwhile is in sixth spot with $6 million, expanding to 2,608 theatres.

The Descendants continues to impress in seventh spot for Fox Searchlight, bringing in $4.3 million, showing in 876 theatres only and a total of $23.5 million in three weeks.  Universal Pictures' Tower Heist rounds out the Top Ten with $2.5 million in its sixth week of release.

"PUSS IN BOOTS" ON-TOP WITH A BOX OFFICE "HEIST"

Still from Tower Heist

In a rare occurrence, this weekend's Box Office Top Four actually have the positive reviews to match their success. For the second week in-a-row, Puss in Boots finds itself atop the Competition.  The Spin-off of the Shek Franchise earned $33.1 million and to-date, the Animated Feature has brought in $75.5 million.

Debuting in second with a respectable $25.1 million from 3,367 screens is Universal Pictures' Comedy Tower Heist starring Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller. The Film currently is sitting at a 69% rating on Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer.

Debuting in third is Warner Bros.' A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas with $13.1 million. Surprisingly, the Comedy also has garnered fairly strong reviews with 72% on the Tomatometer.

Paranormal Activity 3 drops to fourth spot in its third week of release for Paramount Pictures with $8.5 million, just-ahead of Justin Timerblake-starring In Time for 20th Century Fox.

The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp slips to eighth spot already in its second week with $2.9 million this weekend. Meanwhile, The Ides of March sits in ninth spot in its fifth week with $2.0 million, pushing its total run past the $36.6 million mark.