Latest James Bond flick Spectre remains atop North America box office tally

“Spectre” blew the competition away at the foreign box office this weekend, racking up a massive $152.6 million to lead all comers.

The 007 movie also recently emerged the biggest opening of all time in United Kingdom box office history, bringing in $63.8 million in its first seven days of release. The previous film, Skyfall, had a similar drop during its second weekend. The 3D Charlie Brown computer animated adaptation from Fox and Blue Sky was down 45 percent from last weekend. “The Peanuts Movie” has grossed $82.5 million thus far. The critically derided Christmas comedy -which stars Diane Keaton, Alan Arkin, Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried and John Goodman among others- opened in third place on 2,603 screens where it earned a mild $8.4 million. The film will not be helped out by popular regard for it; critics hated it with a 14% Rotten Tomatoes score while audiences were underwhelmed with a B- CinemaScore. Starring Antonio Banderas, it landed in the fifth spot, behind “The Martian”, which grossed an additional $6.7 million in its seventh week.

The Martian and Chilean mining drama The 33 round out the new top five. The intimate drama, about a grieving married couple on holiday, took in just $95,000 in 10 theaters.

The Peanuts Movie held firm at number two, with takings of $24.2m (£16m). It got a boost, too, over the weekend in China, where it debuted with $48 million – the best opening for a 2-D, USA release in China, Sony said. An upcoming episode of the TV morning show “Day Day Up” airing next week will be devoted entirely to “Spectre”, and reach more than million TV viewers and more online. Still, the holiday theme should give it a few legs; expect this one to close out in the $25 million to $28 million range or so.

Coopers cost about $18-M to make, and is being distributed by Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) via its deal with CBS Films, a unit of CBS (NYSE:CBS). The new Hindi-language film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo opened in eighth place with an estimated $2.4M from 286 theaters for a $8,392 average for FIP. The drama eked out $5.8 million from 2,452 theaters – a poor showing and less than the $8 million to $10 million it was expected to generate. “My All American” earned a lowly $1.4 million in its debut for Aviron Pictures, playing best in Texas and the South. Add in $31.1 million overseas and you have $33.9 million, a big hit on a budget of $15 million.

Leapfrogging over My All American for one last weekend in the top ten was The Last Witch Hunter. Where available, the latest global numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.