The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Locked in Tight Box Office Battle

Daniel Jacobson

Truth rating: 10

9:08 am, December 21st, 2013

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(Warner Bros./Paramount)

(Warner Bros./Paramount)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is battling Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues for box office supremacy on the weekend before Christmas.

Both movies are on pace for roughly $30 million, according to early estimates.

The animated family flick Frozen should place third with about $20 million.

American Hustle expands to wide release this weekend and is projected to earn about $18 million.

Another Jennifer Lawrence movie, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is in a tight race with Saving Mr. Banks for fifth place.

Both movies are tracking toward $9.5 million.

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas and Walking with Dinosaurs are both looking at $8 million weekends.

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Tops Frozen & Madea Christmas at Box Office

Daniel Jacobson

Truth rating: 10

1:51 pm, December 15th, 2013

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(Warner Bros.)

(Warner Bros.)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug won the weekend box office’s top spot with $73.7 million in ticket sales.

The animated family film Frozen came in second with $22.2 million, while Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas nabbed third place with $16.1 million.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Thor: The Dark World came in fourth and fifth places with $13.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Out of the Furnace ($2.3 million), Delivery Man ($1.9 million), Philomena ($1.8 million), The Book Thief ($1.7 million), and Homefront ($1.6 million).

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WATCH: Ed Sheeran “I See Fire” Music Video With The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Movie Footage

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Truth rating: 10

8:33 pm, November 5th, 2013

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Ed Sheeran’s new song and music video “I See Fire” premiered on Tuesday.

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The track is from the highly-anticipated Peter Jackson movie, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and will play over the film’s end credits.

The clip features footage from both the movie and Sheeran performing the song in a recording studio.

“I got the chance to produce and play all the instruments on it apart from the cello. Managed to learn violin for a day, hope you all dig it,” Sheeran wrote on Twitter.

He went on, “Big up Peter Jackson and his team for giving me the opportunity.”

Sheeran noted that it’s first solo song in two years — but won’t be on his new album, as it’s just a special single for the hit film franchise.

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