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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey held onto the box office ring this weekend. Jack Reacher, the Tom Cruise action movie, opened in the second slot to an estimated $15.6 million, doing far worse than expected while Judd Apatow’s latest comedy This Is 40 bowed in third place with $12 million. The Guilt Trip, the mother-son comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen, lagged behind in the sixth spot with a tepid $5.39 million.
The top 12 films as of Sunday, December 23, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The | Warner Bros. | $36,705,000 | 4,100 | 8,952 | $149,858,000 |
| 2 | Jack Reacher | Paramount | $15,600,000 | 3,352 | 4,653 | $15,600,000 |
| 3 | This Is 40 | Universal | $12,030,690 | 2,913 | 4,130 | $12,030,690 |
| 4 | Rise Of The Guardians | Paramount | $5,900,000 | 3,031 | 1,946 | $79,694,230 |
| 5 | Lincoln | Disney | $5,633,000 | 2,293 | 2,456 | $116,781,000 |
| 6 | Guilt Trip, The | Paramount | $5,390,000 | 2,431 | 2,217 | $7,420,614 |
| 7 | Monsters, Inc. | Disney | $5,040,000 | 2,618 | 1,925 | $6,525,000 |
| 8 | Skyfall | Sony | $4,700,000 | 2,365 | 1,987 | $279,792,000 |
| 9 | Life Of Pi | 20th Century Fox | $3,800,000 | 1,750 | 2,171 | $76,156,244 |
| 10 | Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 | Lionsgate | $2,600,000 | 2,000 | 1,300 | $281,605,734 |
| 11 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | Paramount | $2,135,000 | 840 | 2,541 | $2,135,000 |
| 12 | Wreck-It Ralph | Disney | $2,003,000 | 1,444 | 1,387 | $171,926,000 |
