'Night' bright at box office

By VARIETY STAFF

Holdovers ruled the roost during the New Year's four-day frame, as Fox's "Night at the Museum" continued to spin the turnstiles at the multiplexes, taking in $46.7 million over the ex-tended four-day holiday and easily landing at No.1 again at the B.O. The PG family film starring Ben Stiller, playing in 3,768 locations, scored a robust per-playdate average of $12,394. Biz on the pic jumped 21%. Paramount and DreamWorks' mu-sical "Dreamgirls" made an impressive vault up the charts to No. 3, with an estimated four-day take of $18.6 million off 852.