THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (New Line/MGM/Warners) had a royal start with $11.2M in shows that began at 7PM on Tuesday night. This is the first Hobbit movie to open midweek, but the Tuesday number is better than the $8.8M that The Desolation of Smaug earned on its opening Thursday night last year. However, it’s below the $13M Thursday night for An Unexpected Journey. Those two movies went on to 3-day weekends of $73.6M and $84.6M respectively.
The Lord of the Rings movies did open on Wednesdays, but they began their runs at midnight rather than the preceding evening. Return of the King, also the concluding chapter in a trilogy, took in $8M from its midnight shows, on its way to a $34.1M Wednesday and a 5-day total of $124.1M (which included $72.6M for the 3-day weekend).
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