'Chainsaw 3-D' carves out No. 1 debut with $23M

(AP) It took Leatherface and his chainsaw to chase tiny hobbit Bilbo Baggins out of the top spot at the box office.

Studio estimates Sunday show the horror sequel Texas Chainsaw 3-D at No. 1 with a $23 million debut. The follow-up to 1974's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has masked killer Leatherface on the loose again.

Quentin Tarantino's revenge saga Django Unchained held on at No. 2 for a second-straight weekend with $20.1 million, raising its domestic total to $106.4 million.

After three weekends at No. 1, part one of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy slipped to third with $17.5 million. That lifts the domestic haul to $263.8 million for The Hobbit, which also has topped $500 million overseas to raise its worldwide total to about $800 million.