#BOXOFFICE: “FROZEN” SHOWS NO SIGNS OF THAWING

Like this current deep freeze we’re experiencing, Disney‘s FROZEN continues to show amazing resilience, taking the top of the Box Office once again in this its seventh week of release with $20.3 million grossed from 3,318 theatres.  The Film has just surpassed the $300-million mark in North America also in its run.

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones spooked its way to second spot in its debut for Paramount Pictures.  This fifth Film in the Franchise opens with $18.5 million from 2,867 theatres, which while decent, is still far off the mark of 2011’s third instalment which opened with a whopping $52 million. Critics gave the Horror 45% on the Tomatometer and Audiences gave it a C- CinemaScore.

After a multi-week reign, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug slips to third spot with $16.2 million for Warner Bros. in its fourth week out.  The second Film in the Peter Jackson Trilogy has grossed over $231 million domestically in four weeks.

There is a tie for fourth spot with two Oscar Contenders, vying not only for Awards, but at the Box Office. The Wolf of Wall Street continues to perform strongly in fourth spot for Paramount Pictures, bringing-in $13 million, now earning $63.9 since its Christmas Day opening. American Hustle also comes in with $13 million for Sony Pictures/eOne Films, now earning $90 million in its four-week run across North America.  Anchorman 2 is sixth with $12.8 million in its third week.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in eighth spot with $7.3 million its seventh week out,  with a cumulative total of $408 million earned for Lionsgate Films/eOne Films.

Grudge Match finds itself in tenth spot with $5.4 million for Warner Bros., just surpassing $25 million in its second week.