1 ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES 8.70 21.92 (new; $2,481 PTA from 3,507 theaters)
2 THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG 8.61 104.65 (-72.4%)
3 AMERICAN HUSTLE 6.30 7.41 (+2,887.1%; $2,513 PTA from 2,507 theaters)
4 FROZEN 5.12 177.51 (+0.3%)
5 SAVING MR. BANKS 2.96 3.59 (+2,248.9%; $1,404 PTA from 2,110 theaters)
6 THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE N/A
7 TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA CHRISTMAS N/A
8 WALKING WITH DINOSAURS 2.13 2.13 (new; $658 PTA from 3,231 theaters)
9 DHOOM 3 1.08 1.08 (new; $4,555 PTA from 236 theaters)
10 THOR: THE DARK WORLD 0.36 199.80 (-55.1%)

PHILOMENA 0.32 12.43 (-43.7%)
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS 0.30 1.35 (+212.4%; $2,047 PTA from 148 theaters)
HER 72,000 0.18 (new; $12,000 PTA from 6 theaters)

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?s ... -20&p=.htm

Frozen apparently made $5.12 m ($5.097 m last Friday).

Could get 4 weekends at $20 m +. Depending on its hold next weekend and over Christmas, could possibly pull 6 weekends at $20 m +.

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug kicks ass.

Nope

Yep.

I don't understand how that number is kicking ass but ok.

I'm afraid it won't top 20M this weekend. Not saying it's impossible, and I would LOVE to see it happening, but last year no animated film got an IM over 3.9 (average was around 3.6/3.7). Its Saturday could easily be under 8M, and the weekend around 19M.

CinemaScore results:

Saving Mr. Banks - A
American Hustle - B+
Walking with Dinosaurs - B

Anchorman 2 opened well IMHO. I always felt it was a bit of an acquired taste and not really Austin Powers type of sequel that could blow up as it's really not as general audience friendly as AP. I never understood all the wild predictions KJ was littered with for this one.

The Hobbit is virtually repeating the same drops/gains as the first one. With the same multiplier it's at about $264m - about $40 million less than the first one. Which is OK I think. I'm not surprised by the drop.

American Hustle expanded good. If general audiences accept it as enthusiastically as it seems like they willl it should develop strong legs over the holidays. David O. Russell seems to have developed a sense for crowd pleasers.

Frozen is doing amazing.

Thor will pass $200m on Saturday, making it 11th Marvel movie to do so and the first The Avengers related movie outside of Iron Man series and TA itself of course.

Walking with Dinosaurs is a bomb. Could get a decent multiplier due to holidays, but $35m seems like the top.

Inside Llewelyn Davis is still not expanding well. It could contend A Serious Man for the lowest grossing Coen bros movie. Her opened well. I think it could get good WOM and breakout a little. It's getting awards recognition and if it scores a couple of noms at Globes/Oscars that could push it a little. It seems like Scarlett could get a nod for her performance and media could pick the story up as it would be a completely out of left field nomination considering it's a voice performance.

I think Dinosaurs will do better than 35 Million.

The Wild Thornberrys opened to 6 Million the weekend before Christmas in 2002 and went on to gross 40.1 Million. I think it's at least good for 40, which is still a huge bomb. Will probably be able to take in 50 Million or so.

Walking with Dinosaurs has Frozen which will be #1 animated choice for Christmas as it's winter themed and more appropriate for the holidays. Also its Cinemascore is like really bad for a kids flick. Those usually easily get A at least.

True, but people who have seen Frozen already will need something to see, unless they opt for Frozen again . With kids on break there should be plenty of money to go around.

The difference is that The Wild Thornberrys Movie only cost $25-35m (depending on which source you use). Dinosaurs cost $80m. So Dinosaurs needs to make much more to be considered a success.

I don't know how much Dinosaurs is going to make overseas, especially since in many territories Frozen opened later than in North America (and in some markets, e.g. Australia, the two films are opening almost at the same time). It'll make more than Thornberrys' $20m, but how much more?

Oh I know. I'm not saying it will be a success, because it certainly won't be. I just believe the multiplier will be great.

Good for all openers. Like said, the competition for every demographic is tough this year, but it looks like everything so far is holding it's own. We'll see come Wednesday.

Anchorman is doing fine, It's on line with Little Fockers which went on to 148 million
Hustle will have a strong solid run, unless Wolf really steals its thunder
Mr. Banks is actually looking like it will have a good run as well. I think it'll fly under mosts radars, but should do well.
Hobbit is thankfully already almost forgotten. Only 104 million, lol. If not for the holidays, it wouldn't have made 200 million.

That's definitely lower than I was expecting for Anchorman 2, but it's not bad considering the time of year. Its business will be spread out, so even though it won't be massive, it will still be a good success for Paramount.

The Hobbit is probably going to win the weekend. It's off about as much from last Friday as the previous Hobbit was last year, which isn't that bad considering that there's more in the marketplace right now than there was in the same weekend last year.

American Hustle is doing really well. I'm seeing it later this afternoon.

Frozen is really kicking ass. It was a given that the hold would be really good given the time of year and the fact that schools are letting out for Christmas, but still...

Thanks to Frozen and some really bad advertising, Walking with Dinosaurs looks like one of our casualties for the season.

Eh, college kids are all out at this point. Anchorman should have opened bigger. Advertisement was heavy, perhaps to the point that it became oversaturated. First one is loved and was a pretty big hit in its own right. Also, Hobbit 2 should be holding better than the first....

Ehh, The Hobbit is facing a bit more competition this year than it did last. I also definitely get the impression that it's one of those cases where the fan base is coming out in full force, but the more general audience is mostly disinterested.

Anchorman is going to stay in good shape through Christmas and New Year's, so even though it's not going to meet my high expectations, it's still going to do fairly well.

I wasn't referring just to that number, but its overall gross. But if you think about it, it made almost as much as an opener on its second Friday, so it's kicking all types of ass.