UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th to Sunday 15th December 2013....
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A year to the weekend that Peter Jackson first took us back to Middle-earth with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the second chapter of his three-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings has topped the UK box office chart, which won't really come as a surprise to anyone.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug earned £9,325,626 over the weekend to knock Frozen into second, and while that's certainly a strong debut, it's almost £2.3 million down from An Unexpected Journey. Meanwhile, the only other new release to crack the top ten was the live cinema relay of the Met Opera's Falstaff, which earned a decent £224,763.
Number one this time last year: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - £9,325,626 weekend (New)
2. Frozen - £4,212,920 weekend (2 weeks)
3. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - £1,368,662 weekend (4 weeks)
4. Gravity - £592,321 weekend (6 weeks)
5. Saving Mr. Banks - £359,134 weekend (3 weeks)
6. Met Opera - Falstaff 2013 - £224,763 weekend (New)
7. Homefront - £202,518 weekend (2 weeks)
8. Free Birds - £191,656 weekend (3 weeks)
9. The Butler - £144,573 weekend (5 weeks)
10. Carrie - £118,097 weekend (3 weeks)
Incoming...
Ron Burgundy and the Channel 4 news team return to the big screen today with the release of Anchorman 2: The Legend Begins (cert. 15) [read our review here, and be sure to watch our exclusive video interviews with Adam McKay, Christina Applegate and Meagan Good and James Marsden], while Friday's new releases include Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie (cert. U), The Harry Hill Movie (cert. PG) and Moshi Monsters: The Movie (cert. U).
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug earned £9,325,626 over the weekend to knock Frozen into second, and while that's certainly a strong debut, it's almost £2.3 million down from An Unexpected Journey. Meanwhile, the only other new release to crack the top ten was the live cinema relay of the Met Opera's Falstaff, which earned a decent £224,763.
Number one this time last year: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - £9,325,626 weekend (New)
2. Frozen - £4,212,920 weekend (2 weeks)
3. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - £1,368,662 weekend (4 weeks)
4. Gravity - £592,321 weekend (6 weeks)
5. Saving Mr. Banks - £359,134 weekend (3 weeks)
6. Met Opera - Falstaff 2013 - £224,763 weekend (New)
7. Homefront - £202,518 weekend (2 weeks)
8. Free Birds - £191,656 weekend (3 weeks)
9. The Butler - £144,573 weekend (5 weeks)
10. Carrie - £118,097 weekend (3 weeks)
Incoming...
Ron Burgundy and the Channel 4 news team return to the big screen today with the release of Anchorman 2: The Legend Begins (cert. 15) [read our review here, and be sure to watch our exclusive video interviews with Adam McKay, Christina Applegate and Meagan Good and James Marsden], while Friday's new releases include Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie (cert. U), The Harry Hill Movie (cert. PG) and Moshi Monsters: The Movie (cert. U).