'The Hobbit' trumps star-packed 'Les Miserables' at box office

Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman sing for their Oscars.

Cari Lynn is an AwardsLine contributor. It's not likely that any of the 60 million theatergoers who saw the musical Les Misérables would have thought.

Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman sing for their Oscars.

Weekend Box Office: 'The Hobbit' Maintains An Early Lead; 'Django' Beats Out 'Les Mis'. EW.com | Posted: "Django Unchained"narrowly beat out "Les Miserables" at Friday's box office. EW.com: Snowstorms in the

“Les Miserables” should have feminists like me up in arms. The musical takes the female characters from a 150-year-old novel about a French rebellion and makes them bit players — even though they figure prominently in the book (and in the marketing