'Twilight' retains top spot at Friday B.O.

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1'The domestic B.O. treaded water yesterday as no new wide releases meant another Friday victory for Summit's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1." Down 67%, pic grossed $5.5 million bringing its cume to $235.9 million.In second, Disney's "The Muppets" made $2.7 million for a cume of $48 million. Pic is expected to add another $13 million to Disney coffers through Sunday, though yesterday's perf suggests it may only land in the high single digits instead. "Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" should gross around $15 million this weekend.The larger-than-usual drop and the lack of major releases this frame can be attributed to the calendar. The weekend following Thanksgiving is traditionally one of the softest Stateside seshes of the year, with what few moviegoers there are planning to play catch up.The newcomer that has probably garnered the most buzz this frame is Fox Searchlight's "Shame." The NC-17 drama starring Michael Fassbender as a sex addict opened on 10 screens nationwide yesterday to a respectable average of $11,048 per screen, landing in 16th place at the domestic B.O.With the rest of yesterday's top films locked in a horse race behind "Muppets," Paramount's "Hugo" leapt from last week's fifth to this week's third with $2 million, perhaps in light of its recent National Board of Review best film win. Par's pic was followed by a pair of Sony releases, "Arthur Christmas" and "Jack and Jill," which grossed $1.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com