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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has retained the top spot at the US box office for a third successive week.



The final film of Peter Jackson's second Tolkien trilogy claimed $21,910,000 over the weekend to stay at number one.

Into The Woods is at two with $19,066,000, while Angelina Jolie's Unbroken is at three with $18,358,000.

Horror sequel The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death is new at four with $15,145,000 and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb rounds out the Top 5 with $14,450,000.

Annie is at six, Benedict Cumberbatch's The Imitation Game is at seven and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is at eight.

The Gambler is at nine, while Disney Pixar's Big Hero 6 is at ten.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for January 2-4 is as follows:
1. (1) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - $21,910,000
2. (2) Into the Woods - $19,066,000
3. (3) Unbroken - $18,358,000
4. (-) The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death - $15,145,000
5. (4) Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb - $14,450,000
6. (5) Annie - $11,400,000
7. (8) The Imitation Game - $8,111,000
8. (6) Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - $7,700,000
9. (7) The Gambler - $6,300,000
10. (11) Big Hero 6 - $4,816,000