Box office update: 'The Hobbit' plummets to $10.2M on Friday, but easily leads 'Jack Reacher' and 'This is 40'

Friday box office update: 'The Hobbit' plummets to $10.2M on Friday, but easily leads 'Jack Reacher' and 'This is 40'

1. The Hobbit – $10.2 million
2. Jack Reacher – $5.2 million
3. This is 40 – $3.7 million
4. Rise of the Guardians – $1.6 million
5. The Guilt Trip – $1.5 million
6. Lincoln – $1.4 million
7. Monsters Inc. 3D – $1.4 million
8. Skyfall – $1.3 million
9. Life of Pi – $1.0 million
10. Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away – $802,000

"This is 40 will thus mark Paul Rudd’s fourth straight disappointing debut following How Do You Know, which started with $7.5 million on the way to $30.2 million in 2010, Our Idiot Brother, which found just $7.0 million on the way to $24.8 million in 2011, and Wanderlust, which earned $6.5 million on the way to $17.3 million earlier this year."