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'The Hobbit' tops Christmas UK box-office

Tue Dec 30, 2014 3:21 pm

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has topped the box office for the third consecutive weekend.



Topping the Christmas chart for 2014, Peter Jackson's Hobbit finale grossed £4.2 million, taking its UK total to over £28m.

Christian Bale and Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods & Kings opened in second place with takings of £2.6m.

Paddington dropped to third with £2.5m, while the Annie remake opened at four with £2.3m.

Elsewhere, Angelina Jolie's Unbroken entered at seventh place with takings of £656,000.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - 4,249,226
2. (-) Exodus: Gods & Kings - 2,607,453
3. (2) Paddington - 2,558,263
4. (-) Annie - 2,310,453
5. (3) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb - 1,580,395
6. (4) Dumb and Dumber To - 1,035,587
7. (-) Unbroken - 656,991
8. (5) Penguins of Madagascar - 513,030
9. (6) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - 449,632
10. (7) PK - 421,407
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