(Reuters) - The big-budget 'Hobbit' fantasy movie ruled movie box office charts for a second straight weekend, fending off Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise in new crime drama 'Jack Reacher.'
'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' hauled in nearly $37 million from theaters in the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates of Friday-through-Sunday ticket sales. The film is the first of three movies based on the classic J.R.R. Tolkien novel about a world of dwarfs, elves and dragons in the fictitious Middle Earth.
In second place, Cruise's 'Jack Reacher' about the investigation into a sniper shooting brought in just short of $17 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters. Distributor Paramount Pictures postponed a premiere of the film after the fatal school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, sparked new scrutiny of violent movies.
Adult comedy 'This is 40,' starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann as a middle-aged couple, brought in $12 million, finishing in third place.
'The Hobbit' was distributed by Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros. studio. Paramount Pictures, a unit of Viacom Inc, released 'Jack Reacher.' Comcast Corp's Universal Pictures distributed 'This is 40.'
(Reporting By Lisa Richwine and Andrea Burzynski)
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