The prequel to Lord of The Rings stands atop of the U.S. box office for a third consecutive week,
Box Office Mojo reports. This is despite new releases in the form of Quentin Tarantino's latest, 'Django Unchained', and the lavish musical 'Les Miserables'. These two new movies occupy second and third place.
The first Hobbit movie
has made over $200 million in the U.S. and now close to securing $700 million worldwide, after 18 days on release.
The first installment of the three-film
Hobbit movies has received mixed-reviews (according to the review of reviews by
Rotten Tomatoes). Nonetheless, it has proved popular with movie going fans.
Meanwhile the comedy 'Parental Guidance', starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler as grandparents, is fourth with $14.8 earned million during the week. In fifth spot is Tom Cruise's crime action drama 'Jack Reacher'.
The top movies at the U.S. box office
are:
1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ($32.9m)
2. Django Unchained ($30.7m)
3. Les Miserables ($28m)
4. Parental Guidance ($14.8m)
5. Jack Reacher ($14m)
In totting up the totals for the year, Box Office Mojo
notes that the latest James Bond movie 'Skyfall' became the 14th movie ever to reach $1 billion worldwide. This is even before it opens in China. In the UK, 'Skyfall' became the
first movie to break the nine figure (£100 million) threshold.
