Warner's "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" tops the weekend north American box office in its second week. This week's debut "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" follows it to the second place.
The film debuted a solid start with 73.7 million U.S. dollars at 3,903 theaters in north America, according to studio estimates, delivering the fourth largest opening weekend ever in the month of December, trailing only "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", "I Am Legend" and "Avatar".
Last week's winner "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" still led the box office this weekend and Thanksgiving holiday. Disney's animation "Frozen" became the second hottest film."Hunger Games: Catching Fire" grossed 110.2 million U.S. dollars in the five-day Thanksgiving holiday (from Wednesday night to Sunday), becoming the best-selling and most popular movie of all time to surpass 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, " which earned 82.4 million dollars during the holiday.
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" thrashed other competitions over its first weekend at the box office with an estimated 161.1 million U.S. dollars in 4,163 theaters and generated the second best debut of 2013 behind "Iron Man 3". Only three films have ever opened higher than "Catching Fire" of all time. Marvel's "The Avengers" holds the No. 1 place with a stunning 207.4 million dollars. "Iron Man 3" is the second with 174.1 million dollars, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" marks the third with 169.2 million dollars.
American superhero film "Thor: The Dark World" remained atop the North American box office for the second weekend after its release across the United States on Nov.8, followed by "The Best Man Holiday," a comedy that debuted this weekend.
This weekend's debut "Jackass: Bad Grandpa" shot to the top of North America box office chart, while the weekend's another debut, Twentieth Century Fox's Ridley Scott vanity project "The Counselor" only opened the fourth place.
"Prisoners" dominated the weekend North America box office with 21.4 million U.S. dollars worth of ticket sales, opening on the high end of pre-release anticipations.
Director James Wan's latest film "Insidious: Chapter 2" has once again turned into a dominant force at the North America box office, finishing in the top slot with ease over the weekend.
Ultra-low budget thriller "The Purge" has overrun the North America box office with a surprisingly better-than-expected take of receipts, outperforming other rivals as it was opened to wide release over the weekend.
Peter Jackson's latest fantasy epic "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," buoyed by a buzzing holiday season and an excellent word of mouth, was able to remain atop the North America weekend box office for the third consecutive weekend and fended off an onslaught from a trio of new releases during the course.
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