The Hobbit Still Lord of Box Office; Tom Cruise’s Jack Reacher #2; This Is 40 Third

9:33 am, December 22nd, 2012

BOX OFFICE

(Warner Bros.)

Audiences are still flocking to Middle-Earth.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is #1 at the box office for the second straight week, with early estimates putting the fantasy adaptation at $32 million.

That will be enough to beat two new releases — the Tom Cruise action flick Jack Reacher (projected to hit $18 million), and the Judd Apatow-directed comedy This Is 40 ($12 million).

The animated Rise of the Guardians should place fourth with about $7 million, ahead of Lincoln ($5.5 million) the Monsters Inc. 3D re-release ($5 million), and the Seth RogenBarbra Streisand road comedy The Guilt Trip ($4.5 million).

Life of Pi and Skyfall are both tracking toward $4 million weekends, and will battle for eighth place.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 should stay in the Top 10 with a $2.8 million haul.

Gossip Cop will have updates.

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