Box office

YOUR WEAKEND BOX OFFICE: Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (WB) towered above a field of holdovers, earning $84.8 million while averaging $20,958 on 4045 screens. For what it’s worth, DreamWorks Animation’s Paramount-distributed Rise of the Guardians was next with $7.4m in week four ($2191 avg., 3387 theaters), followed by Disney’s Lincoln with $7.2m ($3170 avg., 2285 theaters), Sony’s Skyfall with $7m ($2394 avg., 2924 theaters) and Fox’s Life of Pi with $5.4m ($2119 avg., 2548 theaters). Things will heat up considerably this week, with a deluge of high-profile films hitting theaters, led by Katharine Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty (Sony) and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained (Weinstein). (12/17a)

PRE-GRAMMY GALA GOES GAGA FOR GERSON
Jody will be the center of attention at Clive's shindig. (12/18a)
ON THE COVER:
BILLIE EILISH
A star upon the highest bough (12/19a)
NOISEMAKERS:
A HOLIDAY TREAT
Something for their stockings (12/18a)
SUPREME COURT SETS 1/10 HEARING ON TIKTOK BAN
How will SCOTUS rule? (12/19a)
THE HIP-HOP CONUNDRUM
Grammy being Grammy (12/19a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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