Weekend Box-Office Report: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, 47 RONIN, GRUDGE MATCH, THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

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The holiday season offered a considerable boost to both new and old releaseas at the box-office, but the most interesting race was the one for the top spot between "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" and Disney's surprise hit "Frozen". Eventually, Peter Jackson's second installment in the prequel trilogy managed to land in first place with $29.9 million, with "Frozen" close behind at $28.8 million. The animated feature registered a 47% increase from last weekend, while Jackson's Tolkien adaptation managed to hold steady with only a 5% decrease. Other movies that benefited from the holiday boost were "American Hustle", "Saving Mr. Banks" (up by 50%) and "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire".

Other movies were not as fortunte, like Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" which managed to enter the top 10 at #5 with a modest $18 million in its wide debut, and Ben Stiller's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" similarly fell behind at #7 with $13 million.

Even less fortunate was the Keanu Reeves starrer "47 Ronin" which only earned $9.8 million during the weekend and $20 million in the 5 days since Christmas, which is especially bad considering the film cost $200 million to make. Another holiday flop was the Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone team-up "Grudge Match" which fell outside the top 10 in its opening weekend and earned $7.3 million and $13 million since Christmas, versus a budget of $40 million.

More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.

New Wide Releases: "The Wolf of Wall Street", "47 Ronin", "Grudge Match", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty".

Biggest Drop : "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" (-24%)

Smallest Drop : "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" (-5%)

Rank	Title	Weekend	Domestic	Foreign	Budget	Days
1	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	$29.8M	$190M	$423M	N/A	17
2	Frozen	$28.8M	$248M	$243M	$150M	38
3	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	$20M	$83M	$25M	$50M	12
4	American Hustle	$19.5M	$60M	$1M	$40M	17
5	The Wolf of Wall Street	$18.5M	$34M	N/A	$100M	5
6	Saving Mr. Banks	$14M	$37M	$5.5M	$35M	17
7	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	$13M	$25M	$27M	$90M	5
8	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	$10M	$391M	$393M	$130M	38
9	47 Ronin	$9.8M	$20M	$22M	$200M	5
10	Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas	$7.4M	$43M	N/A	N/A	17

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