The weekend box office of 19-21 December is a great hit for the last movie of The Hobbit franchise and a real blow in terms of figures. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies met with a tremendous welcome from the public at its release on 17 December, when easily cashed the sum of almost $24.5 million. Although it opened on a Thursday, Peter Jackson’s last venture into fantasy managed to almost equal the sums gathered by the last weekend’s crowned movie of the box office, Exodus: Gods and Kings, and only in one day.
Pro box office has the pleasure to announce the sums gathered by the most watched films of the weekend and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a real treat with a total of $56,220,000. The course of the fantasy production is evident due to box office mojo, which shares the following figures: Friday meets with $16,575,000 (obviously less in comparison with the opening day, but still a great figure), Saturday is the weekend day nearest to the release day, as it gains the sum of $21,430,000 and Sunday means an obvious downfall in numbers, with a total of $18,215,000 (but still better than Friday, which was the least productive day of the weekend for The Hobbit).
The overall grand success of the last installment pertaining to the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit universe was saluted by Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. distribution executive vice president, who stated the following (via Variety): “There have been six visits to Middle-earth, and this is the final one, and it became so important for people to come out to see this in a big way” and then added that “The action was there, and Peter made a fabulous movie.”
Although critics insisted on the battle which will emerge at the weekend box office between the last Hobbit and other highly expected and newly released movies, the numbers gained by the first position meant an invincible win for Peter Jackson’s fantasy. The second place in the weekend box office was taken by another sequel, but this time a family comedy. Shawn Levy’s Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb scored a total of $17,300,000 (less than the gaining of The Hobbit on Friday, its worst day in terms of numbers). The third place welcomed Annie (2014), a 19 December release, which was limited at the total of $16,300,000. Last weekend’s king, Exodus, followed on the forth place of the weekend box office, with half of the sum reached by Will Gluck’s comedy drama. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 followed closely, with a $7,750,000 gross.
Top 10 titles of the weekend box office of 19-21 December 2014:
1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, $56.2 million
2. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, $17.3 million
3. Annie, $16.3 million
4. Exodus: Gods and Kings, $8.1 million
5. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, $7.8 million
6. Wild, $4.2 million
7. Top Five, $3.57 million
8. Big Hero 6, $3.56 million
9. Penguins of Madagascar, $3.5 million
10. P.K., $3.46 million