The USA Weekend Top 10 Box Office Summery (Week of Dec 14-16, 2012).
1. The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey
2. Rise of the Guardians
3. Lincoln
4. Skyfall
5. Life of PI
6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
7. Wreck- it- Ralph
8. Playing for Keeps
9. Red Dawn
10. Silver Linings Playbook
Box Office Report: 'The Hobbit' Scores Record $84.8 Million Weekend
New Line and MGM's
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey kicked off the holiday season in high style, opening to $84.8 million, the top three-day opening of all time for the month of December.
Will Smith's
I Am Legend, debuting on the same weekend in 2007, previously held the record with $77.2 million.
The first in
Peter Jacksons planned trilogy, Hobbit received an A CinemaScore from moviegoers, portending good word of mouth. Warner Bros., which owns New Line, is distributing the 3D fantasy-adventure.
Hobbit received an A CinemaScore from moviegoers, portending good word-of-mouth. Warner Bros., which owns New Line, is distributing the 3D fantasy adventure, which could earn as much as four times its opening weekend gross through New Year's Day (Christmas films can have especially strong multiples).