BEYONCÉ ruled the box office this weekend when her concert movie, "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé," opened on top with $21 million in North American ticket sales, estimates from AMC Theatres showed on Sunday.

The post-Thanksgiving, early December box office is notoriously slow, but "Renaissance" defied the odds. Not accounting for inflation, it's the first time a film has opened over $20 million on this weekend in 20 years, or since the Tom Cruise starrer "The Last Samurai."

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