Led by Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a strong slate of Christmas holdovers and new entry The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death drove revenue up more than 8 percent as the prosperous holiday season came to a close. The spike in moviegoing is welcome news for Hollywood after an overall troubled 2014, when revenue tumbled more than 5 percent over 2013 and attendance hit a two-decade low.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, January 4, 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. | $21,910,000 | 3,875 | 5,654 | $220,766,968 |
2 | Into The Woods | Disney | $19,066,000 | 2,538 | 7,512 | $91,209,214 |
3 | Unbroken | Universal | $18,358,450 | 3,190 | 5,755 | $87,801,310 |
4 | Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, The | Relativity Media | $15,145,000 | 2,602 | 5,820 | $15,145,000 |
5 | Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb | 20th Century Fox | $14,450,000 | 3,802 | 3,800 | $89,725,652 |
6 | Annie | Sony | $11,400,000 | 3,166 | 3,600 | $72,625,025 |
7 | Imitation Game, The | The Weinstein Company | $8,111,000 | 754 | 10,757 | $30,808,228 |
8 | Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The | Lionsgate | $7,700,000 | 2,505 | 3,073 | $323,874,548 |
9 | Gambler, The | Paramount | $6,300,000 | 2,494 | 2,526 | $27,565,795 |
10 | Big Hero 6 | Disney | $4,816,000 | 1,913 | 2,517 | $211,268,220 |
11 | Wild | Fox Searchlight | $4,500,000 | 1,361 | 3,306 | $25,814,471 |
12 | Exodus: Gods And Kings | 20th Century Fox | $3,700,000 | 2,260 | 1,637 | $61,224,102 |