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One Hobbit to rule them all
Gollum in a scene from the fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. (THE CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES)
LOS ANGELES -- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third straight week and capping a record-setting $10.8 billion year in moviegoing.
The Warner Bros. fantasy epic from director Peter Jackson, based on the beloved J.R.R. Tolkien novel, made nearly $33 million this weekend, according to Sunday studio estimates, despite serious competition from some much-anticipated newcomers. It's now made $222.7 million domestically alone.
Two big holiday movies -- and potential Academy Awards contenders -- also had strong openings. Quentin Tarantino's spaghetti Western-blaxploitation mash-up Django Unchained came in second place for the weekend with $30.7 million. The Weinstein Co. revenge comedy, starring Jamie Foxx as a slave in the Civil War South and Christoph Waltz as the bounty hunter who frees him and then makes him his partner, has earned $64 million since its Christmas Day opening.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 31, 2012 D2
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