"Battle Of The Five Armies" Trumps "Museum", "Annie" For Weekend Box Office
So, it looks like The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has taken over the box office while no one was watching. Well, actually, it turns out a lot of people were watching, and the third instalment of Peter Jackson’s fantasy series checked in at $90,6 million domestic at the end of the weekend.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, box-office comparisons to the previous Hobbit films aren't exactly parallel as the first two came out on Fridays, but The Desolation of Smaug launched to $73.6 million last year, while An Unexpected Journey opened to $84.6 million in 2012.
So what does this mean for the rest of the new contenders this week?
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It wasn’t quite as spectacular as Annie, though. The musical adaptation, starring Quvenzhane Wallis and Jamie Foxx and produced by Will Smith and Jay Z fell to third place with a meagre $16,3 million. It was still a success for Sony though. The studio needs a win after a hack of insider communication led studio bosses to cancel the only other holiday release – the Seth Rogen starrer The Interview.