Originally posted by MrDeeds

This movies need to never end

Originally posted by izzy

but I kinda wish the movie was a little shorter.some scenes were way too long
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Originally posted by HighwayHooker

Smaug as the greatest CG creation ever and one of the best movie villains of all time

This year, Santa delivered five new nationwide releases on Christmas Day. By the weekend, though, audiences had turned their attention back to blockbuster holdovers The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Frozen.

With a diverse set of options, overall business was strong on the final weekend of 2013: the Top 12 earned $185.8 million, which is up 13 percent from the same frame last year.

The second Hobbit movie took first place for the third-straight weekend—the only other movie to accomplish this feat in 2013 was fellow Warner Bros. release Gravity. The Hobbit added $29.9 million, which is off seven percent from the first Hobbit on the same weekend last year. The Desolation of Smaug has now earned over $190 million, and remains on pace for a final tally north of $250 million.

Around-the-World Roundup

On its third weekend in theaters, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug added $98.3 million overseas. Its only new market was Australia, where it debuted to a strong $12.8 million (down six percent from the first Hobbit). To date, its earned $423.8 million; according to Warner Bros., that's on par with the first movie across the same bucket of territories. The Hobbit will essentially wrap up its run in existing markets before reaching China and Japan in late February.