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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