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'Harry Potter' tops holiday weekend

Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton arrive for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I" at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York on November 15, 2010. UPI /Laura Cavanaugh
Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton arrive for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I" at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York on November 15, 2010. UPI /Laura Cavanaugh | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" ruled the Thanksgiving U.S. box office with more than $50.3 million in gross receipts for its second weekend.

The 3-D animated film "Tangled" was a close No. 2 with $49.1 million in its opening weekend, followed by Will Ferrell's "Megamind" at $12.9 million in its fourth week and the Cher/Christina Aguilera musical "Burlesque" taking in $11.8 million in its debut.

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All studio gross estimates are via Box Office Mojo.

"Unstoppable" was fifth with $11.8 million; "Love and Other Drugs" sixth with $9.9 million; "Faster" seventh with $8.7 million; "Due Date" eighth with $7.3 million; and "The Next Three Days" ninth at $4.8 million.

"Morning Glory" rounded out the Top 10 with $4 million.

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