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Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has taken the number one spot in the US box office for the second week in a row.

The fifth and final instalment of The Twilight Saga took in $43m, bringing its total gross to $226.9m.

Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was the eighth-biggest opening weekend of all time when it earned $141.3m in its first weekend.

However, New Moon still holds the record for the highest opening weekend for the Twilight series with $142.8m.

Daniel Craig’s third James Bond film Skyfall and Steven Spielberg’s biopic Lincoln held their previous spots from last weekend’s chart.

Skyfall was in second place with $36m on its third weekend, bringing its total gross to $221.7m.

Lincoln followed Skyfall in third place with $25m, also on its third weekend. Its total gross is $62.1m.

Three new releases made the top ten – Rise of the Guardians, Life of Pi and Red Dawn.

Rise of the Guardians debuted in fourth place with $25m, while Ang Lee’s latest project Life of Pi took in $22m for the number five spot.

Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson’s action film Red Dawn (2012) came in seventh place with $14.6m.

Rounding out the top ten are Wreck-It Ralph, Flight, Silver Linings Playbook and Argo.

The top ten in full (studio estimates):
1. (1) Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 – $43 million
2. (2) Skyfall – $36 million
3. (3) Lincoln – $25 million
4. (-) Rise of the Guardians – $24 million
5. (-) Life of Pi – $22 million
6. (4) Wreck-It Ralph – $16.7 million
7. (-) Red Dawn – $14.6 million
8. (5) Flight – $8.6 million
9. (17) Silver Linings Playbook – $4.6 million
10. (6) Argo – $3.8 million

Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 has earned the number one spot at the US box office.

The fifth and final movie in The Twilight Saga, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, earned $141.3m on its opening weekend.

This makes it the eighth-biggest opening weekend of all time, and places it ahead of Breaking Dawn – Part 1, which earned $138.1m last year, but behind New Moon, which opened with $142.8m in 2009.

Breaking Dawn – Part 2 pushed last weekend’s big hit Skyfall to the the number two spot – the James Bond film earned $41.5m, bringing its overall domestic gross to $161.3m.

Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln climbed from 15 to third place upon a wider release, with $21m in tickets sold.

The animated film Wreck-It-Ralph and Denzel Washington drama Flight hold on to fourth and fifth place with $18.3m and $8.6m respectively.

Rounding out the top ten are Argo, Taken 2, Pitch Perfect, Here Comes the Boom and Cloud Atlas.

The top ten in full (studio estimates):
1. (-) Breaking Dawn – Part 2 – $141.3 million
2. (1) Skyfall – $33 million
3. (15) Lincoln – $15.1 million
4. (2) Wreck-It-Ralph – $6.7 million
5. (3) Flight – $4 million
6. (4) Argo – $2.55 million
7. (5) Taken 2 – $2.52 million
8. (8) Pitch Perfect – $2.50 million
9. (9) Here Comes the Boom – $2.49 million
10. (6) Cloud Atlas – $2.35 million

Jeremiah Harm is to be adapted for cinema by the team behind indie hit Iron Sky.

Directors Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola have joined up with producers Arnold Rifkin and Ross Richie to bring the BOOM! Studios graphic novel to the big screen.

Written by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant, Jeremiah Harm follows an intergalactic bounty hunter who travels to Earth to track down a band of space criminals and the girl they have kidnapped.

Kaukomaa and Vuorensola are planning to fund the project via online crowdsourcing – the same method they used to secure backing for Iron Sky – and have set up a website for donations.

“Our online community was responsible for bringing Iron Sky to life and we aim to continue where we left off with a similar model for Jeremiah Harm,” said Kaukomaa.

“This is a unique opportunity for thousands of artists, science geeks and film fans out there to contribute to the making of a new science fiction world, and we look forward to them joining us for the ride.”

Producer Richie was a co-founder of BOOM! Studios.

Daniel Craig’s Skyfall has debuted at number one at the US box office, earning $88m.

Also starring Judi Dench, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes and Naomie Harris, the new Bond film has broken a new box office record earlier predicted by analysts.

The film has now earned the biggest opening for a Bond movie in the US, not accounting for inflation.

Skyfall knocked out the animated Dreamworks picture Wreck-It-Ralph from the number one spot, pushing it to second place with $33m.

Ben Affleck’s Argo slipped to fourth place, earning $6.7m and bringing its total gross to $44.5m, while Taken 2 remained in fifth place from last week, earning $4m.

Rounding out the top ten are Here Comes the Boom, Cloud Atlas, Pitch Perfect, The Man with the Iron Fists and Hotel Transylvania.

The top ten in full (studio estimates):
1. (-) Skyfall – $87.8 million
2. (1) Wreck-It Ralph – $33 million
3. (2) Flight – $15.1 million
4. (3) Argo – $6.7 million
5. (5) Taken 2 – $4 million
6. (9) Here Comes the Boom – $2.55 million
7. (6) Cloud Atlas – $2.52 million
8. (11) Pitch Perfect – $2.50 million
9. (4) The Man with the Iron Fists – $2.49 million
10. (7) Hotel Transylvania – $2.35 million