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Lionsgate’s Texas Chainsaw 3D exceeded expectations in its debut, grossing $23 million to win the crowded domestic box-office race. The seventh installment in the slasher franchise scored one of the better openings for the first full weekend in January, a favorite landing place for horror. On the same weekend last year, The Devil Insidedebuted to $33.7 million.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, January 6 are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Lionsgate | $23,000,000 | 2,654 | 8,666 | $23,000,000 |
| 2 | Django Unchained | The Weinstein Company | $20,082,000 | 3,010 | 6,671 | $106,351,377 |
| 3 | Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The | Warner Bros. | $17,525,000 | 3,755 | 4,667 | $263,820,000 |
| 4 | Les Miserables | Universal | $16,117,200 | 2,904 | 5,550 | $103,604,680 |
| 5 | Parental Guidance | 20th Century Fox | $10,125,000 | 3,368 | 3,006 | $52,760,079 |
| 6 | Jack Reacher | Paramount | $9,300,000 | 3,288 | 2,828 | $64,804,341 |
| 7 | This Is 40 | Universal | $8,558,520 | 2,931 | 2,920 | $54,460,365 |
| 8 | Lincoln | Disney | $5,258,000 | 1,901 | 2,765 | $143,933,000 |
| 9 | Guilt Trip, The | Paramount | $4,530,000 | 2,312 | 1,959 | $31,206,934 |
| 10 | Promised Land | Focus Features | $4,311,563 | 1,676 | 2,572 | $4,660,965 |
| 11 | Monsters, Inc. | Disney | $3,923,000 | 2,103 | 1,865 | $27,916,000 |
| 12 | Silver Linings Playbook | The Weinstein Company | $3,611,000 | 745 | 4,846 | $34,671,059 |
