The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has retained the top spot at the US box office.



The culmination of Peter Jackson's second Tolkien trilogy took $41,420,000 over the December 26-28 weekend, bringing its total US gross to $168,522,000 since its December 17 release.

Angelina Jolie's Unbroken debuts at number 2, while Disney's musical adaptation Into the Woods spends its first weekend at 3.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb drops two spots to 4, as does Annie at 5.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is still going strong in its sixth week, at 6, while Mark Wahlberg remake The Gambler has started at 7.

The Imitation Game, Exodus: Gods and Kings and Wild make up the rest of the top ten.

Seth Rogen's The Interview, meanwhile, charts at 16 with $1,811,000, after Sony Pictures' about-turn saw the controversial movie get a limited theatrical release at 331 cinemas on Christmas Day.

The US weekend box office top ten for December 26-28 is as follows:
1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - $41,420,000
2. Unbroken - $31,748,000
3. Into the Woods - $31,021,000
4. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb - $20,600,000
5. Annie - $16,600,000
6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - $10,000,000
7. The Gambler - $9,300,000
8. The Imitation Game - $7,930,000
9. Exodus: Gods and Kings - $6,750,000
10. Wild - $5,415,000