Box office report for Dec. 17, 2012: “Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” opens by setting a box office record
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first of three movies director Peter Jackson is making based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel of the same name, opened with a record-setting box office haul.
The prequel led the box office over the weekend with $84.6 million, which was better than the debut of Jackson’s three previous “Lord of the Rings” films, according to the Associated Press.
The 3-D Middle-Earth epic scored the biggest December opening ever, surpassing Will Smith’s “I Am Legend,” which opened with $77.2 million in 2007, the AP reports.
Here are the top 10 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release:
1. “The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey,” Warner Bros., $84,617,303, 4,045 locations, $20,919 average, $84,617,303, one week.
2. “Rise of the Guardians,” Paramount, $7,143,445, 3,387 locations, $2,109 average, $71,085,268, four weeks.
3. “Lincoln,” Disney, $7,033,132, 2,285 locations, $3,078 average, $107,687,319, six weeks.
4. “Skyfall,” Sony, $6,555,732, 2,924 locations, $2,242 average, $271,921,795, six weeks.
5. “Life of Pi,” Fox, $5,413,066, 2,548 locations, $2,124 average, $69,572,472, four weeks.
6. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2,” Summit, $5,136,074, 3,042 locations, $1,688 average, $276,826,143, five weeks.
7. “Wreck-It Ralph,” Disney, $3,216,043, 2,249 locations, $1,430 average, $168,721,592, seven weeks.
8. “Playing For Keeps,” FilmDistrict, $3,146,443, 2,840 locations, $1,108 average, $10,737,535, two weeks.
9. “Red Dawn,” FilmDistrict, $2,408,882, 2,250 locations, $1,071 average, $40,904,305, four weeks.
10. “Silver Linings Playbook,” Weinstein Co., $2,109,274, 371 locations, $5,685 average, $16,979,323, five weeks.
-BAM
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