Know Right Now The Battle for the Christmas Box Office
This weekend, The Hobbit, Battle of the Five Armies won the arguably more important battle for the box office, bringing in 56.2 million. However, it did not do as well in its opening weekend as the previous two Hobbit movies. The first and second films in the trilogy made 84.6 million and 73.6 million respectively in their opening weekends. Night at the Museum 3 and Annie also opened this weekend, taking second and third place at the box office. The second Night at the Museum sequel raked in 17.3 million, while Annie made 16.3 million. Into the Woods, Unbroken, and The Gambler will all be competing at the multiplex over the Christmas holiday. The films are expected to dislodge Exodus Gods and Kings and The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 from the box office top five next weekend.