One 'Hobbit' continues to rule them all at theaters

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.

It's no surprise that “Les Misérables” can still hold an audience. Hugo believed in, relished, luxuriated in, contradiction—he thought that we show ourselves most truly when we are seemingly most opposed to our double

This week, Times critics look at Tom Hooper's “Les Misérables,” Quentin Tarantino's “Django Unchained” and the documentary “West of Memphis.” See all of this week's reviews here. Movies, This Week's Movies, Django Unchained (Movie), Les Miserables

UPDATED: Hollywood is hoping for a final burst of moviegoing as 2012 winds down; Matt Damon-John Krasinski drama "Promised Land" off to troubled start at the specialty box office.

“Les Mis: Visually impressive w great Emotional performances. But the score suffered massively with great actors PRETENDING to be singers …it's an opera. Hollywoods movie musicals treat the singing as the last priority.

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One 'Hobbit' continues to rule them all at theaters

The best Les Miserables memes from around the web.

Thenardier, the smarmy and scheming innkeeper and his baleful wife do plenty to influence the plot line of Les Miserables. Unwittingly, Thernadier serves a purpose for good: The stolen ring on his finger when he attempts to crash the wedding of Marius

Adam Lambert slammed the Les Miserables cast on Twitter for pretending to be singers in the movie. See his tweets here.

Although "Les Misérables" was expected to attract the largest audiences this weekend -- its first since opening on Christmas -- the Anne Hathaway musical remains in third place behind "Django Unchained" ($30.6 million) with an estimated $28 million.

In an unexpected turn, Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" out-earned the much-hyped "Les Miserables" this weekend. "Django" earned $30.6 million across 3010 theaters this weekend, taking the number two spot at the

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Weekend Box Office: 'Django Unchained' Beats Out 'Les Miserables,' 'The Hobbit ...

The Les Miserables musical film soundtrack is on course to jump straight into the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart next week. Industry forecasters are suggesting 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

UPDATED: Hollywood is hoping for a final burst of moviegoing as 2012 winds down; Matt Damon-John Krasinski drama "Promised Land" off to troubled start at the specialty box office.

The best Les Miserables memes from around the web.

In an unexpected turn, Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" out-earned the much-hyped "Les Miserables" this weekend. "Django" earned $30.6 million across 3,010 theaters this weekend, taking the number two spot at the box office. The Jamie Foxx flick

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'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

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Epic 'Les Misérables' runs out of steam

Caption Anne Hathaway poses at the'Les Miserables' New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on December 10, 2012 in New York CityThere has been much talk about Anne Hathaway's weight loss to play the prostitute Fantine in “Les Miserables,” including

“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

Anne Hathaway has received some of the best reviews of her career for "Les Miserables," just not necessarily from herself. In Tom Hooper's new film, Hathaway stars as Fantine, a doomed single mother-turned-prostitute who

/news/les-miserables-bows-at-no-1-on-soundtracks-1008062642.story. 'Les Miserables' Bows at No. 1 on Soundtracks Chart. It's "Les Miserables" mania on the Billboard charts this week. "Les Miserables: Highlights From the Motion Picture Soundtrack"

It's no surprise that “Les Misérables” can still hold an audience. Hugo believed in, relished, luxuriated in, contradiction—he thought that we show ourselves most truly when we are seemingly most opposed to our double

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Why we love 'Les Miserables,' despite its miserable gender stereotypes

After a mere three days of release, the big movie musical Les Misérables has grossed a whopping $40 million at the domestic box office, which is more than even The Hobbit has made since Christmas. Sure that movie has been out a bit longer, but still

The opening of the new movie of “Les Misérables” is complete with a slimmed-down Anne Hathaway—but was there anything for her to slim down from? And has anyone adequately remarked on how odd it is to have a film star who shares a name with the

The film features excellent singing, for the most part, but it also emphasizes fragility in a work that's largely defined by its grandiosity.

Anne has received much attention from Hollywood for her portrayal as Fantine, and has a lot of Oscar buzz! Les Miserables rocked the Christmas Day box office coming it at number one, and even breaking some records.

Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman sing for their Oscars.

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'Les Miserables' Star Anne Hathaway On Her Performance: 'Eh'

Also opening Tuesday was family comedy "Parental Guidance"; "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" closes in on the $500 million mark globally.

For years, “Les Miserables” lovers have been dreaming the dream of seeing their beloved musical brought to the big screen. And now that their dream has become a reality, fans are singing the praises of Tom Hooper's film adaptation of the hit Broadway

It's "Les Mis" mania on the Billboard charts this week. "Les Miserables: Highlights From the Motion Picture Soundtrack" arrives at No. 1 on the Soundtracks chart with 43,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. It concurrently bows at No. 33 on the

A team of creative students recently portrayed their hunt for a job in a parody version of Les Misérables. The YouTube video description reads, simply, "Life has killed my post-grad dream." Put to the same score featured in the latest movie rendition

Someone alert Wayne LaPierre: "Les Miserables" had a two-player fighter Japanese video game in 1998. Really.

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'Les Miserables' Role Gave Russell Crowe 'Delicious' Anxiety

Christmas Day at the box office is always a gift to the film industry, but yesterday, one studio got to unwrap an especially happy present. Universal's ambitious adaptation of the beloved operetta Les Misèrables started off with a

Tom Hooper's film of the musical Les Miserables is an exceptional movie of a mediocre musical, the kind of middlebrow melodrama that passes for profound on Broadway.

Les Miserables and Django Unchained score big at the box office on Christmas Day.

UPDATED: The holiday sees strong traffic at the multiplex; family comedy "Parental Guidance" also opens.

Anne Hathaway talks being difficult to be around while filming Les Misérables.

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