Sign in to comment!     'The Hobbit' holds off 'Anchorman 2'
with $31.5M at box office   This image released by Warner Bros.
Pictures shows Martin Freeman, left, and John Callen in a scene
from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." The Hobbit: The
Desolation of Smaug held off Anchorman 2 on a busy weekend at
the box office. According to studio estimates Sunday, Peter
Jacksons Hobbit sequel took in $31.5 million in its second
weekend of release. That topped Will Ferrells Anchorman sequel,
which nevertheless opened strongly in second place. (AP/Warner
Bros. Pictures)  On a busy pre-Christmas weekend at the box
office, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" held off a very
different sequel, "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues."  Peter
Jackson's "Hobbit" sequel took in $31.5 million in its second
weekend of release for Warner Bros., according to studio
estimates Sunday. Though the film isn't matching the pace of the
first "Hobbit" movie, "An Unexpected Journey," ''The Desolation
of Smaug" is doing well abroad. It'