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Hollywood, like everyone else, loves a good Christmas movie, and this holiday season is no exception. A plethora of films are being offered up to Americans, who have a little extra time and money on their hands.

For Americans the holiday season means many things: helping the needy hopping for deals, gift giving and taking from mall mob scenes to epic movie scenes from biopics like Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom tis also the season for a healthy helping of Hollywood entertainment.

It’s a time when the Hollywood studios pack the box office with theatrical stocking stuffers: big budget blockbusters, superhero sequels, animated 3D fantasies, Christmas family films and bona fide Oscar bait.

And this season is no different. Franchise films are "Catching Fire" with the Hunger Games-Two record-breaking run.

Not to mention other popular sequels like: Thor: the Dark World to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

And "Frozen" exceeded expectations. The animated three-D take on Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Snow Queen" set a Thanksgiving weekend debut record of 93-million dollars and counting. But with gritty dramas like American Hustle and Christmas comedies like The Best Man Holiday there’s a glut of movies vying for a piece of the box office pie.

But the hope for studios is to deliver the gift that keeps on giving through awards season, holiday season and ..possibly through future sequels to come