( EW.com ) -- The first weekend in December is a notoriously weak one at the box office , and , true to form , most movies faced harsh declines this weekend after the record-breaking Thanksgiving frame . But Disney 's animated musical `` Frozen '' managed to score a not-so-severe 53 percent fall to $ 31.6 million this weekend , which sent it past `` Catching Fire '' and straight into the No . 1 spot on the chart . `` Frozen '' has earned $ 134.3 million after 12 days in wide release , 39 percent more than 2010′s `` Tangled , '' which had earned $ 96.6 million at the same point in its run . The film will match its $ 150 million budget by this time next week , and if it maintains its current pace ( which seems likely given its `` A+ '' CinemaScore ) , `` Frozen '' could be headed for a finish of about $ 280 million . Movie review : 'Frozen ' The film 's box office success is sending its soundtrack into the upper echelons of the music charts . The soundtrack debuted at No . 18 on the Billboard 200 last week , and it 's risen all the way to No . 4 on the iTunes chart as well . In second place , `` The Hunger Games : Catching Fire '' fell 64 percent to $ 27 million , giving the blockbuster a $ 336.7 million domestic total after just 17 days . `` Catching Fire '' is still playing about $ 34 million ahead of `` The Hunger Games '' at the equivalent point in its run , but as evidenced by this weekend 's drop , it 's falling faster than that film , too . `` Catching Fire '' appears likely to finish with just about $ 400-410 million , matching `` The Hunger Games ' '' $ 408 million total . Worldwide , though , `` Catching Fire '' will be much , much bigger . It 's already earned $ 673 million , and it will take just a few days for the film to blitz past `` The Hunger Games ' '' $ 691 million global haul . Movie review : 'The Hunger Games : Catching Fire ' Christian Bale 's latest drama , `` Out of the Furnace , '' did n't connect with moviegoers on its opening weekend . The bleak revenge movie , which also stars Woody Harrelson , Casey Affleck , and Zoë Saldana , pulled in a terrible $ 5.3 million from 2,021 theaters , yielding an anemic $ 2,523 location average . Even worse , audiences gave the film a rough `` C+ '' CinemaScore , which will limit appeal in the weeks to come — especially given the upcoming release of Bale 's other , more anticipated release , `` American Hustle . '' Two Disney films rounded out the Top five : `` Thor : The Dark World '' and `` Delivery Man . '' `` Thor '' grossed $ 4.7 million , enough for a $ 193.6 million total ( and $ 610 million worldwide ) . `` Delivery Man '' earned $ 3.8 million , and the Vince Vaughn comedy has now grossed $ 24.8 million against a $ 26 million budget . Movie review : 'Out of the Furnace ' 1 . `` Frozen '' -- $ 31.6 million . 2 . `` The Hunger Games : Catching Fire '' -- $ 27.0 million . 3 . `` Out of the Furnace '' -- $ 5.3 million . 4 . `` Thor : The Dark World '' -- $ 4.7 million . 5 . `` Delivery Man '' -- $ 3.8 million . In milestone news , Paramount 's `` Jackass Presents : Bad Grandpa '' passed the $ 100 million mark after pulling in $ 855,000 in its seventh weekend . Johnny Knoxville 's prank film has now out-earned big budget spectacles like `` Elysium , '' `` White House Down , '' `` The Lone Ranger '' and `` Jack the Giant Slayer , '' and , unlike those films , `` Bad Grandpa '' cost only $ 15 million to produce . Further down the chart , the Coen Bros. ' folky Oscar contender , `` Inside Llewyn Davis , '' made a huge splash in limited release . The rootsy tale strummed up $ 402,000 from just four theaters , which resulted in a $ 100,500 per theater average — the second best of the entire year after `` Blue Jasmine , '' which managed a $ 102,011 average from six theaters in July . CBS Films will begin expanding `` Inside Llewyn Davis '' in two weeks . Also notable : In the wake of Nelson Mandela 's death , the Idris Elba-starring biopic `` Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom '' fell only 8 percent in its second weekend to $ 77,000 from four theaters . For reference , the films in the Top 20 fell by an average of 52.4 percent this weekend . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
`` Frozen '' managed to score a No . 1 spot at the box office . The Disney release has brought in $ 134.4 million after 12 days . Over the weekend , it earned $ 31.6 million . `` The Hunger Games : Catching Fire '' was in second place .