‘The Hobbit’ keeps humming on box office charts

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” continued its journey across the box office charts, and has been the number on movie in the U.S. and Canada for three straight weeks, an analyst said today.

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“The Hobbit” was on track to have a $32.9 million weekend, bringing its total gate to more than $220 million domestically.

A trio of holiday premieres held down the next three spots: “Django Unchained” ($30.7 million), “Les Miserables” ($28 million), and “Parental Guidance” ($14.8 million).

Rounding out the 10 most popular films this weekend, as measured by gate receipt estimates collected by the studios and Hollywood.com Box Office were “Jack Reacher” ($14 million), “This Is 40” ($13.2 million),”Lincoln” ($7.5 million), “The Guilt Trip” ($6.7 million), “Monsters Inc. 3-D” ($6.7 million) and “Rise Of The Guardians” ($4.9 million).

 

 

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