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Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” remained at No. 1 in its second weekend, holding off “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” despite a year-long promotional effort spotlighting Will Ferrel as main character Ron Burgundy. “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” has surpassed $300 million at the worldwide box office after seven days in release. The film, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), has taken in an estimated $104.6 million domestically and $213.6 million internationally, for a worldwide estimated total to date of $318.2 million, including $23 million from IMAX theatres worldwide.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, December 22, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The | Warner Bros. | $31,455,000 | 3,928 | 8,007 | $127,500,417 |
| 2 | Anchorman 2 | Paramount | $26,776,000 | 3,507 | 7,635 | $40,000,000 |
| 3 | Frozen | Disney | $19,163,000 | 3,540 | 5,413 | $191,555,000 |
| 4 | American Hustle | Sony | $19,100,000 | 2,507 | 7,618 | $20,213,368 |
| 5 | Saving Mr. Banks | Disney | $9,321,000 | 2,110 | 4,417 | $9,947,000 |
| 6 | Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The | Lionsgate | $8,750,000 | 2,949 | 2,967 | $371,703,796 |
| 7 | Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas | Lionsgate | $8,510,000 | 2,194 | 3,878 | $28,280,277 |
| 8 | Walking With Dinosaurs | 20th Century Fox | $7,300,000 | 3,231 | 2,259 | $7,300,000 |
| 9 | Dhoom 3 | Yash Raj Films | $3,305,000 | 236 | 14,004 | $3,305,000 |
| 10 | Thor: The Dark World | Disney | $1,328,000 | 1,116 | 1,189 | $200,766,000 |
| 11 | Philomena | The Weinstein Company | $1,225,000 | 738 | 1,659 | $13,336,552 |
| 12 | Inside Llewyn Davis | CBS Films | $1,061,000 | 148 | 7,168 | $2,112,150 |
