New titles like Anchorman 2 and Walking with Dinosaurs had to take the back seat to Peter Jackson’s mega blockbuster The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The Warner Bros. release brought in another $31.5 million during its second weekend in theaters, making its U.S. cume over $127.5 million and its worldwide gross a stellar $403.8 million.
Frozen, the latest Disney princess landed on the no. three spot in the chart, with a $19.2 million, bringing its domestic take to $191.6 million. According to boxofficemojo, the family movie is ahead of Wreck-It Ralph ($189.4 million) and only a bit behind Tangled ($200.8 million). The movie is on its way to earn over $300 million by the end of its run. Internationally the Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck-helmed pic is still only playing in 60 percent of the international marketplace. It made another $35.1 million this weekend for a foreign total of $152.6 million and a worldwide total of $344.2 million.
Meanwhile, Fox studio’s Jurassic CG-live-action hybrid pic, Walking with Dinosaurs failed to capture the attention of family audiences. The movie landed on the eighth spot during its first weekend in release, earning only $7.3 million domestically. Overseas, the film, which cost $80 million to produce, opened to $13.6 million from 40 foreign markets for a worldwide total of $20.9 million. Directed by industry veteran Barry Cook and Neil Nightingale, Walking with Dinosaurs was animated by Sydney-based Animal Logic.
Here’s a look at this past weekend’s top 10 pics at the U.S. box office:
| 1. The Hobbit 2 | $31,455,000 | Cume: $127.5 |
| 2. Anchorman 2 | $26,776,000 | Cume: $40 |
| 3. Frozen | $19,163,000 | Cume: $191.5 |
| 4. American Hustle | $19,100,000 | Cume: $20.2 |
| 5. Saving Mr. Banks | $9,321,000 | Cume: $9.9 |
| 6. Catching Fire | $8,750,000 | Cume: $371.7 |
| 7. A Madea Christmas | $8,500,000 | Cume: $28.3 |
| 8. Walking With Dinosaurs | $7,300,000 | Cume: $7.3 |
| 9. Dhoom 3 | $3,305,000 | Cume: $3.3 |
| 10. Thor: The Dark World | $1,328,000 | Cume: $200.7 |
