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Movie studios are on track to break the yearly record for domestic ticket sales in 2013, thanks to a year-end throng of crowd pleasers and a year of arguably the best movies ever. (Or arguably not.)
Analysts project that the industry will top $10.9 billion in sales, thanks to a year-end rush led by "Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," Disney's "Frozen," and Will Ferrell vehicle "Anchorman 2," City News Service reports. This year's box office take is expected to better the record from 2011 by a few bucks.
According to Box Office Mojo, here are the top-grossing U.S. movies this year:
Wait, no movies about income inequality, the eroding middle class, or executive greed rending at the fabric of society? Well, maybe next year.
