The much heralded return of Ron Burgundy to the big screen was no match for Smaug and Bilbo Baggins, whose second part of The Hobbit trilogy took top dollar at theaters for the second week in a row.
Pulling in $31.5 million, The Desolation of Smaug stomped on Will Farrell's Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, which earned a respectable $26.8 million.