stiff competition at this year s christmas box office with the hobbit holding on to its number one spot for the third straight week. for many, the big surprise was anchor man ii which came in third place yesterday. unless you live in a cave, you too have been bombarded by the anchorman ii marketing blitz. was it all worth the hype? the first one was so quotable. this was wacky from start to finish. there were some moments that were absolutely hilarious but not steve carrell. are you going to see anchor man? no. it was a little over the top. i feel like it maybe a little over himd. i heard three girls walking by, oh, no more anchor man stuff. scotch, scotch, scotch. rob is here, the host of the gossip table on vh 1 which is on my dvr.
i m going to call in one day. so this marketing blitz has been relentless. i want to show you before we talk a couple of the places that will ferrell popped up. there is mo-vember. do you go with the fuller mustaches? do you see any ron burgundy here? pretty good sax back here. everyone is watching. stay classy winnipeg. yes. which of course in latin means? coming in. thank you. am i supposed to read that? is that like we won t say that. i wonder if that helped sell any tickets. to me, listen. i m an anchor man. i loved the anchor man movie. it feels anti-climactic. a lot of industry people that
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anchorman. i was howling. it took a long time for people to find it. when it first came out it did okay. a lot of people found it on dvd and on cable later on. i can t wait to see anchorman ii. it s going to be ridiculous. tell me. the first one i feel is like tip of the iceberg. i don t want to build it up too much. it was so much fun to do. i think it s going to be really fun. everybody that was in the first one plus i think some of the cameos are out. some aren t. some of the stuff that you re going to see will be unexpected. throw up on your shoes funny. i don t know that they will put that in the movie post, throw up on your shoes funny. we have to end by talking about the office. a nice ending. thanks.
hobbit: the decimation of smaug. it s made $74 million so far. it s going to be one of the blockbusters of this year. people have been waiting for this, fans of lord of the rings have definitely been waiting for this film. and we can t forget about american hustle cleaning up with the nominations, seven golden globe nominations. this is a good one to check out if you have time over the holiday as well. if you want to see thatten brad new movie that opens up on christmas, we ve got a couple for you, too wolf of wall street, a fantastic movie. it is three hours long but it s a fantastic movie. we also have what a lot of people are calling julia roberts best work ever august o sage county. both her and meryl streep will