Texas Chainsaw 3D is #1, Django #2

For the weekend of January 4-6.

1.  Texas Chainsaw 3D - $23 million (LG)
 . . . 2654 screens / $8666
2.  Django Unchained - $20.08 ($106.35) - 2 wks (Wein) -33.3%
 . . . 3010 / $6672
3.  The Hobbit - $17.53 ($263.82) - 4 wks (WB) -45.1%
 . . . 3755 / $4667
4.  Les Miserables - $16.12 ($103.61) - 2 wks (U) -40.9%
 . . . 2904 / $5550
5.  Parental Guidance - $10.13 ($52.76) - 2 wks (Fox) -30.4%
 . . . 3368 / $3006
6.  Jack Reacher - $9.3 ($64.8) - 3 wks (Par) -31.6%
 . . . 3288 / $2828
7.  This Is 40 - $8.56 ($54.46) - 3 wks (U) -31.5%
 . . . 2931 / $2920
8.  Lincoln - $5.26 ($143.93) - 9 wks (BV) -28.3%
 . . . 1901 / $2766
9.  The Guilt Trip - $4.53 ($31.21) - 3 wks (Par) -30.8%
 . . . 2312 / $1959
10. Promised Land - $4.31 ($4.66) - 2 wks (Foc) +2379%
 . . . 1676 / $2573
11. Monsters Inc 3D - $3.92 ($27.92) - 3 wks (BV) -39.2%
 . . . 2103 / $1865
12. Silver Linings Playbook - $3.61 ($34.67) - 8 wks (Wein) -11.5%
 . . . 745 / $4847
13. Skyfall - $3.2 ($296.9) - 9 wks (Sony) -29.4%
 . . . 1307 / $2448
14. Life of Pi - $2.85 ($91.08) - 7 wks (Fox) -24.6%
 . . . 965 / $2953
15. The Impossible - $2.76 ($3.42) - 2 wks (Sum) +1411.7%
 . . . 572 / $4825
16. Zero Dark Thirty - $2.75 ($4.46) - 3 wks (Sony) +769.1%
 . . . 60 / $45,833
17. Rise of the Guardians - $2.6 ($97.15) - 7 wks (DW) -46.9%
 . . . 1507 / $1725
18. Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 - $1.45 ($289.21) - 8 wks (Sum) -38.5%
 . . . 825 / $1758

Texas Chainsaw 3D did what The Devil Inside did this time last year - debuted to a surprisingly high amount.  The first weekend of January is now primo horror territory.  Already booked for January 3, 2014, is a found-footage sequel to The Amityville Horror.

Django Unchained and Les Miserables have both hurdled the $100 million mark domestically.

The Hobbit's made over $800 million worldwide, so the investment back to Tolkein's world was worth it.  Personally I wonder if they'll cut the second one down to a more manageable 150 minutes.

Promised Land flopped in its expansion, as did the tsunami drama The Impossible.  Zero Dark Thirty goes wide next week and should be a hit.  Gangster Squad and A Haunted House also debut next week.