Leatherface Cuts Hobbit Down To Size
07 January 2013
Picture: Texas Johnny Brown Chicago Blues Festival 2012 Chicago, Illinois - 08.06.12
Leatherface Cuts Hobbit Down To Size
Despite all the recent hand-wringing over violence in films, the R-rated horror film Texas Chainsaw 3D slashed its way to the top of the box office over the weekend -- the first of 2013 -- as it took in an estimated $23.3 million -- far exceeding the $13-18 million that many forecasters thought it would make. Many had predicted that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey would again be the film to beat. What happened instead was that the Peter Jackson epic fell to third place with $17.5 million (it was expected to collect $20-25 million), beaten out by Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, which finished in second place with about $20 million. Django, which opened on Christmas Day, has already crossed the $100-million mark (to $106.3 million), and appears certain to become Tarantino's highest-grossing movie, beating 2009's Inglourious Basterds, which raked in $120.5 million during its entire domestic run. Slipping to fourth place, Les Misérables brought in $16.1 million and also crossed the $100-million mark (to $103 million). Rounding out the top five, Parental Guidance dropped a modest 30 percent to wind up with $10.1 million. The best performer on a per-theater basis was Sony's Zero Dark Thirty, which took in about $2.8 million in just 60 theaters, for a per-theater average of $46,000.
The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo:
1. Texas Chainsaw 3-D, $23 million; 2. Django Unchained, $20.1 million; 3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, $17.5 million; 4. Les Misérables, $16.1 million; 5. Parental Guidance, $10.1 million; 6. Jack Reacher, $9.3 million; 7. This Is 40, $8.6 million; 8. Lincoln, $5.3 million; 9. The Guilt Trip, $4.5 million; 10. Promised Land, $4.3 million.
Contactmusic
| Comment on this article |
A Week In Movies: Cannes Film Festival Kicks off, Coen Brothers' & James Franco Are Potential Award Winners, Michael Douglas Portrays Liberace In Behi 
![Kanye West Teases New Material From Inside A Pyramid At Surprise NYC Show [Video]](http://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-are-seen_5902594.jpg "Kanye West Teases New Material From Inside A Pyramid At Surprise NYC Show [Video]")
![Rita Ora - Who Knew Rita Ora Was Dating DJ Calvin Harris? [Pictures]](http://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/rita-ora-calvin-harris-celebs-at-nobu-berkeley_3668303.jpg "Rita Ora - Who Knew Rita Ora Was Dating DJ Calvin Harris? [Pictures]")
![Pregnant Kim Kardashian Still Strutting Around In Heels [Pictures]](http://images.contactmusic.com/images/home/kim-kardashian-kim-kardashian-seen-shopping-with_3667494.jpg "Pregnant Kim Kardashian Still Strutting Around In Heels [Pictures]")
Comments