Leading the holiday box office was Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Angelina Jolie’s World War II drama Unbroken and Rob Marshall’s musical Into the Woods. In its second weekend, The Hobbit once again placed No. 1, grossing $54.5 million for the four-day weekend, including $41.4 million for the three days. The New Line and MGM tentpole has taken in nearly $170 million domestically and a sizeable $573.6 million worldwide, ensuring that it will eventually cross $1 billion.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, December 28, are as follows:
RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
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REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
1 | Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Warner Bros. | $41,420,000 | 3,875 | 10,689 | $168,521,968 |
2 | Unbroken | Universal | $31,748,340 | 3,131 | 10,140 | $47,340,720 |
3 | Into The Woods | Disney | $31,021,000 | 2,440 | 12,713 | $46,105,000 |
4 | Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb | 20th Century Fox | $20,600,000 | 3,914 | 5,263 | $55,307,357 |
5 | Annie | Sony | $16,600,000 | 3,197 | 5,192 | $45,835,000 |
6 | Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The | Lionsgate | $10,000,000 | 2,793 | 3,580 | $306,655,981 |
7 | Gambler, The | Paramount | $9,300,000 | 2,478 | 3,753 | $14,300,000 |
8 | Imitation Game, The | The Weinstein Company | $7,930,000 | 747 | 10,615 | $14,631,000 |
9 | Exodus: Gods And Kings | 20th Century Fox | $6,750,000 | 3,002 | 2,248 | $52,516,909 |
10 | Wild | Fox Searchlight | $5,415,000 | 1,285 | 4,214 | $16,364,183 |
11 | Big Hero 6 | Disney | $4,854,000 | 2,065 | 2,350 | $199,933,000 |
12 | Top Five | Paramount | $3,800,000 | 1,426 | 2,664 | $19,266,000 |