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Box office has best Thanksgiving ever

BY: KATY DELUCA NOVEMBER 26, 2012 | 9:49 AM
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$288 million: How much money was brought in over the past five days at the box office, giving Hollywood the best Thanksgiving gross ever. Buoyed by "Breaking Dawn Part 2," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln" and "Skyfall," theaters were packed with moviegoers. The previous high for the holiday was in 2009, when movies brought in $270.5 million.

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