‘Hobbit’ Again Tops Box Office, ‘Interview’ Is Big On VOD, Warner Passes $3 Billion Mark, PlayStation Network Back Online

The Final ‘Hobbit’ Movie Again Nabs the Box Office Top Spot, With ‘Unbroken’ and ‘Into the Woods’ Both Starting Strong …

The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies comes in at $41.4 million for the five day weekend, giving it over $140 mil overall since it’s December 17th opening. Meanwhile, Big Eyes falters and The Interview closes in on $3 million. (BO)

While ‘The Interview’ Does Some Bang-Up Business Online

It’s not terribly surprising that the movie did good business online over the long weekend, but it actually did over $15 million, which far surpasses anything Sony has ever had in the venue. There were over two million legal downloads. Also, it’s now on iTunes. (THR)

Another Argument For How Foreign Numbers Make Things Good: Warner Bros. Surpasses the $3 Billion Mark

The studio reaps the benefits of the latest Hobbit film, as well as Godzilla and, interestingly, Edge of Tomorrow, plus the fact that it owned the foreign rights for Interstellar, which has down boffo numbers abroad, means it’s a good year, overall. (VAR)

It’s Been a Rough Weekend, Yes, But Now the Sony PlayStation Network Is Coming Back Online

It’s hard to pronounce the patient healed just yet, but yesterday morning, the system finally appeared to move past several days of heavy cyber assaults that left it mostly unaccessible to gamers. (DH)

James Gray’s ‘Lost City Of Z’ Just Added Itself a Little Touch Of Sienna

Sienna Miller, that is. The American Sniper actress joins the cast of Gray’s next film, which already includes Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Pattinson and is about a British explorer who disappears in the Amazonian jungle. (TP)

It Appears We Might Finally Have a Release Date For the New ‘Daredevil’ Show

Though both Netflix and Marvel have not confirmed anything, it looks like May 1st will be the day when people can finally see what actor Charlie Cox looks like as ‘The Man Without Fear.” (BC)

Did You Know That Mike Nichols Once Fired Robert De Niro From a Movie That, Ultimately, Never Happened?

The project, Bogart Slept Here, eventually morphed into The Goodbye Girl, but the whole story is rather interesting, and is featured in a new bio of the Oscar-winning actor, De Niro: A Life, by Shawn Levy. (IW)

With All These Year-End Polls, How About One Featuring the Best Worst Movies Of 2014?

There are some doozies on this list, including a couple surprises, movies that some might possibly put on their “best best” list. But you’ll just have to click over to see for yourself. (COL)

Fake Trailer Buzz: ‘Superman Vs. Iron Man’

After last week’s tremendous Marvel Vs. DC trailer, there’s no reason not to enjoy, in a purely geeky fashion, this other “never-gonna-happen” concept.  (CB)

Screenwriters: Brandon Barker on Writing, Career & the Sale of ‘Nottingham & Hood’ to Disney

The same, but different. That’s what new writers are told to strive for when it comes to commercial concepts to raise their chances of a sale. It worked for this screenwriter, who took the classic Robin Hood and asked, “What if…?” (SM)