PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL The newest "Twilight" vampire movie ruled the domestic box office for a third time with 16.9 million dollars (USD) in ticket sales over one of the slowest movie-going weekends of the year. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1" beat a pack of family films at U.S. and Canadian theaters. The fourth and second-to-last film in one of Hollywood's most lucrative franchises added more than 40 million at international locations. After three weekends in theaters, "Breaking Dawn" has soaked up 588 million in global ticket sales. Disney's "The Muppets" rang up 11 million at North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters. The movie represents a comeback for the Muppet characters, last seen in movie theaters in 1999. "Hugo," a 3D family movie about an orphaned boy who lives in a 1930s Paris train station, moved up to third place from its fifth place finish last weekend after expanding to more theaters. The film pulled in 7.6 million domestically, bringing its total after two weekends to 25 million. The animated 3D movie "Arthur Christmas," which explains how Santa delivers presents around the world in one night, rounded out the top four. Singer Adele's album 21 has just passed another milestone. In fact, the disc has overtaken Amy Winehouse's Back To Black to be crowned the UK's biggest-selling album of this Century, with sales said to be at 3.4 million records sold. Brooke Mueller, the ex-wife of actor Charlie Sheen, was arrested for cocaine possession and assault in Aspen, Colorado, the ski resort town where Sheen was arrested for assaulting Mueller in December 2009. Mueller posted an 11,000 bond and was released. She has a December 19 court date. John Russell, Reuters.
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