Early Holiday Box Office

The prestige pictures start to roll out in limited release; Disney's animated feature holds strong.

Friday Box Office

1) THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG -- $31,145,000

2) TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA CHRISTMAS -- $5,740,000

3) FROZEN -- $5,105,000 -- ($147,309,000)

4) HUNGER GAMES II -- $4,100,000 -- ($347,932,000)

5) THOR: THE DARK WORLD -- $796,000 -- ($196,222,000)

6) OUT OF THE FURNACE -- $753,000 -- ($7,901,000)

7) DELIVERY MAN -- $607,000 ($26,730,000)

8) PHILOMENA -- $563,000 -- ($9,826,000)

9) THE BOOK THIEF -- $537,000 -- (13,739,000) ...

The other Disney picture, Savings Mr. Banks has launched softly in fifteen theaters, thought it's well-reviewed. (Movies about making movies are often a hard sell.)

Add On: The finals for the weekend:

Three-Day Box Office

1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $73.7m
2. Frozen (2013) (4) $22.2m ($164.4m)
3. Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas $16m
4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $13.1m ($357m)
5. Thor: The Dark World $2.7m ($198.1m)
6. Out of the Furnace $2.3m ($9.5m)
7. Delivery Man (4) $1.9m ($28m)
8. Philomena (4) $1.8m ($11m)
9. The Book Thief (6) 1.7 ($14.9
10. Homefront (3) 1.6 ($18.4)