The switch means that the studio’s classic adaptation joins Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained as the last of the expected Oscar contenders to open in North American theatres this year.

Les Miserables had previously been set to open on Dec 14.

Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in the Victor Hugo adaptation from Working Title and Cameron Mackintosh. Tom Hooper directs.

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