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Peter Jackson's Middle-earth epic ups foreign box office gross to $560M and $825M worldwide. "Life of Pi" hits $300M overseas

Ang Lee's lyrical epic "Life of Pi" ends its 5-week run in China with more than $90M, topping its $76M U.S. gross as "Lost in Thailand' takes over

2012 was a year full of film versions of books that seemed impossible to bring to the big screen

"Argo," "Life of Pi," "Zero Dark Thirty" also land movie-drama nominations from Golden Globes voters; "Les Miz," "Silver Linings Playbook" among comedy nominees

Analysis: "Argo" and "Lincoln" have blown past box office expectations and one is positioned to cash in when the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe nominations come out this week

Boosted by $68M from China, Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" has taken in $105M at overseas box office in three weeks

"Skyfall" and "Lincoln" are expected to battle "Guardians"  for the top box-office spot as "The Hobbit" casts a giant shadow

"Life of Pi" adds another $11m in China and opens No. 1 in three more territories to up foreign box office to $61M after two weeks

Brad Pitt's crime thriller "Killing Them Softly' debuts, but it's possible no movie will break $20M as the box office enters a two-week lull

Two of the year's most hotly-awaited films, Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables" and Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," have the potential to upset an already unsettled Oscar race

"Twilight" finale takes in $65M, "Skyfall" adds $51M and "Lincoln" and "Life of Pi" over-perform as holiday movie season is off to a record start