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‘Hobbit’ Tops Box Office for 2nd Straight Weekend

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    FBN’s Diane Macedo on the movies that topped the weekend box office.

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Ha -- I know that's a everyone's doesn't even tell you US stock markets will close at 1 PM eastern today all security markets will also.

Be closed tomorrow for Christmas but looking ahead to reports that could -- markets later in the week.

Housing will be a big focus on Wednesday we'll get the month vacation the report on home prices may be rising slowly but steadily over the past few months -- we'll see if that continues.

On Thursday we'll get data on new home sales and weekly jobless claims and a look at consumer confidence and on Friday -- -- the report on pending home sales.

Looking at the box office now the -- with the top attraction there for the second straight weekend part -- -- Peter Jackson's -- glued to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Taken 36 point seven million dollars easily beating a -- of top name holiday newcomers.

And that brings the habit and it unexpected -- domestic total to nearly 150 million dollars after just ten days.

-- action trip thriller Jack creatures starring Tom Cruise debuted in second place with a relatively modest.

Fifteen point six million dollars this is 48 rise of the guardians and Lincoln round out the top five.

And we keep talking about the holiday shopping season and while the ultimate procrastinators are hitting the stores today.

Retailers are also raising -- for a busy day on Wednesday when consumer set out to return unwanted merchandise.

From the electronics that Graham -- had to figure out to the ten.

It left the kids playing with the gift -- -- the the that or of course the beautiful sweater -- maybe just a little too hideous to Wear in public.

Industry widely -- to say the lines for returning gifts will be as long if not longer.

Then lines that customers waited on to -- them in the first place one expert estimates.

That up to 15% of overall holiday sales come back as returns are today's visit if everyone does doesn't Aegon does we wouldn't have this problem by guess that you like for other people -- -- you just keep them.

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