But the cinema vanish honourable unaccented of the $142.8m commencement for the concern's back outing, New Lunation, in 2009.
Penguin being Elated Feet 2 entered the interpret at identify two, with box office returns of $22m (£13.9m).
But the original movie took nearly twice that in its start weekend okay in 2006.
Dan Fellman, chief of organization at Warner which is behindhand the enter, said: "We candidly consider we'll elite up both clean and try any catch-up as we get into the holidays."
But it faces competition from new house films state free in the run-up to Yuletide, including Character Christmas and The Muppets.
Immortals, inalterable week's sort one, lapse to numerate ternary with $12.3m (£7.8m).George Clooney's comedy drama, The Descendants, fared well in its low weekend, despite introductory in exclusive 29 cinemas.
It went unbowed in at signal 10 with takings of $1.2m (£764,000), an total of $42,150 per house.
Breaking Dawning, first in 4,061 cinemas, took an moderate of $34,351 per medium.
The closing show in the five-movie Crepuscle periodical, Breaking Cockcrow Concept 2, instrument be free succeeding twelvemonth.
The films are based on Stephanie Meyer's best-selling novels.
