--- title: Box Office Report: 'The Hobbit,' 'Unbroken' Beat 'Into the Woods' description: The Stephen Sondheim musical isn't out of the woods yet canonical: https://time.com/3648035/hobbit-unbroken-into-woods-box-office/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-28T21:15:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:09:02.082Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Box Office Report: 'The Hobbit,' 'Unbroken' Beat 'Into the Woods' og:description: The Stephen Sondheim musical isn't out of the woods yet og:url: https://time.com/3648035/hobbit-unbroken-into-woods-box-office/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36d1ecce0f605768/6987775d06f2c172dc3331ac/meryl-streep-into-the-woods1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: INTO THE WOODS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Box Office Report: 'The Hobbit,' 'Unbroken' Beat 'Into the Woods' twitter:description: The Stephen Sondheim musical isn't out of the woods yet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36d1ecce0f605768/6987775d06f2c172dc3331ac/meryl-streep-into-the-woods1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Box-Office Report: _The Hobbit_, _Unbroken_ Beat _Into the Woods_ > Sponsored content. 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The film grossed $15.1 million Christmas day, meaning it had the fourth largest Christmas day opening gross in history behind 2009’s _Sherlock Holmes,_ 2012’s _Les Miserables,_ and this year’s _Unbroken._ Although _Unbroken_ beat _Into the Woods_ on both their opening days and opening weekends, the two were neck and neck: _Into the Woods_ made $15.1 million Christmas day, _Unbroken_ made $15.9 million. _Into the Woods_ made $31 million over the weekend, _Unbroken_ made $31.7 million. As it turns out, audiences were equally intrigued by the star-studded musical and the Oscar-ready drama. But neither of these new releases could outshine _The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,_ now in its second weekend. The final film in the _Hobbit_ trilogy made $41.4 million, enough to earn it the number one spot at the box office once again. This was only a 24 percent drop from the previous weekend, when it opened with $54.7 million and proved that the Peter Jackson series is going out on a strong note. The rest of the top five was also made of films in their second weeks: _Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb_ came in at number four with $20.6 million and _Annie_ at number five with $16.6 million. These two lighthearted PG-rated flicks were undoubtedly helped by the family-filled crowds heading to the theaters on and around Christmas who didn’t find any of the other new releases—_Unbroken, Into the Woods,_ or _The Gambler—_appropriate enough for younger viewers. And speaking of [_The Gambler_](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20883934,00.html)_,_ perhaps Christmas weekend wasn’t the best time to open the Mark Wahlberg-fronted film, which came in at number seven with $9.3 million. While it’s smart to put darker dramas in theaters during this time of year to (among other reasons) give older viewers something to see during the holidays, it’s competing with dramas surrounded by much a lot more buzz, like _Unbroken._ As for the rest of the weekend’s top ten, [_The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1_](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20874139,00.html)was number six in its sixth week with $10 million_—_and, in other milestones, has made $306.7 million domestically to date. [_The Imitation Game_](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20877266,00.html)($7.9 million), [_Exodus: Gods and Kings_](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20881395,00.html)($6.8 million), and [_Wild_](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20880017,00.html)($5.4 million) rounded out the box office ten. **1\.** [**_The_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20883832,00.html)[ **_Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20883832,00.html)**– $41.4 million** **2\.** [**_Unbroken_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20883940,00.html)**– $31.7 million** **3\.** [**_Into the Woods_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20883937,00.html) **— $31 million** **4\.** [**_Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20884491,00.html) **— $20.6 million** **5\.** [**_Annie_**](http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20483133%5F20883399,00.html)**– $16.6 million** But the movie that’s been talked about more than any of the top ten is _The Interview._ The controversial Seth Rogen film played in 331 independent theaters (as well as on websites [like YouTube and Google Play](http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/24/youtube-distribute-the-interview/)) and grossed $2.8 million over the four days beginning with Christmas and $1.8 million over the weekend. 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