LOS ANGELES - The name of director Peter Jackson seems more attractive audience than Tom Cruise, as the epic film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey remained entrenched at the top of the box office for the second time.
Latest fantasy film from the director of The Lord of the Rings was estimated grossed 36.7 million dollars through ticket sales during the weekend (Friday-Sunday), said distributor Warners Bros, down 57 percent from sales of 84.5 million dollars in the past week when the film entered the North American region.
In fact, the film gets more space on the second weekend in theaters with a screened in 4100 theaters across North America and Canada.
The film is a prequel of the hit movie franchise Lord of the Rings movie was the first of three films to be made Jackson in 3-D format.
The film has earned gross revenues of nearly $ 150 million since aired on the silver screen North America ten days ago, with raupan more than 350 million dollars worldwide.
Meanwhile, Jack Reacher is in second place at the box office this weekend. Crime genre movie starring Tom Cruise was, with ticket sales revenue in 3352 amounted to 15.6 million dollars location. The achievement is in line with predictions, announced the pre-release party distributors.
Adaptation of the bestselling Lee Child One Shot works written in 2005 was produced by Paramount, the audience is largely a registered adult. As many as 76 percent of moviegoers were aged 25 years or more, with 60 percent of whom were male.
60 million dollar budget film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie it tells Crusise who plays a military police officer who investigated the case.
The film got a CinemaScore rating "A-" also earned $ 2.5 million from screenings in 7 countries around the world.
Following Jack Reacher in the third place, there is the film This Is 40, an R-rated comedy film written and directed by Judd Apatow, and projected to earn 12 million dollars from 2913 theaters. As many as 57 percent of the audience the film is a woman, who also gave the rating "B-" in CinemaScore.
Completing the 10 most popular films in North America this weekend is the Rise of the Guardians (5.9 million dollars), Lincoln (5.6 million dollars), The Guilt Trip (5.4 million dollars in the premiere), Monsters, Inc.. 3D (5 million dollars in the premiere) Skyfall (4.7 million dollars), Life of Pi (3.8 million dollars), and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2.6 million dollars).
