James Bond is in a box-office photo finish with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny over what looks to be the last slow weekend of the holidays.
According to studio estimates Sunday, Sony's Bond tale Skyfall took in $11 million to move back to No. 1 in its fifth weekend.
That put it narrowly ahead of Paramount's Rise of the Guardians, the animated adventure of Santa, the Easter Bunny and other mythological heroes that pulled in $10.5 million.
The two movies inched ahead of Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. The Twilight finale earned $9.2 million, slipping into a tight race for No. 3 with Disney's Lincoln, which was close behind with $9.1 million.
The weekend's only new wide release, Gerard Butler's romantic comedy Playing for Keeps, flopped with $6 million, coming in at No. 6.
Skyfall raised its domestic total to $261.6 million and added $20.3 million overseas to bring its international income to $656.6 million. At $918 million worldwide, Skyfall has the best cash haul ever for the Bond franchise.
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