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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opened to a massive $90.6 million in North America, while Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Annie both suffered soft starts as the crucial year-end holidays got underway.
Five Armies soared in its five-day domestic debut after earning an A- CinemaScore, including a weekend tally of $56.2 million. Box-office comparisons to the previous Hobbit films aren’t exactly parallel as the first two came out on Fridays, but The Desolation of Smaug launched to $73.6 million last year, while An Unexpected Journey opened to $84.6 million in 2012.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, December 21, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Warner Bros. | $56,220,000 | 3,875 | 14,508 | $90,627,210 |
| 2 | Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb | 20th Century Fox | $17,300,000 | 3,785 | 4,570 | $17,300,000 |
| 3 | Annie | Sony | $16,300,000 | 3,116 | 5,231 | $16,300,000 |
| 4 | Exodus: Gods And Kings | 20th Century Fox | $8,065,000 | 3,503 | 2,302 | $38,901,511 |
| 5 | Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The | Lionsgate | $7,750,000 | 3,174 | 2,441 | $289,226,689 |
| 6 | Wild | Fox Searchlight | $4,150,000 | 1,061 | 3,911 | $7,210,737 |
| 7 | Top Five | Paramount | $3,570,000 | 1,307 | 2,731 | $12,455,797 |
| 8 | Big Hero 6 | Disney | $3,563,000 | 2,407 | 1,480 | $190,441,423 |
| 9 | Penguins Of Madagascar | 20th Century Fox | $3,525,000 | 2,717 | 1,297 | $64,172,461 |
| 10 | P.K. | UTV Communications | $3,461,068 | 272 | 12,724 | $3,461,068 |
| 11 | Interstellar | Paramount | $2,600,000 | 1,550 | 1,677 | $171,433,242 |
| 12 | Horrible Bosses 2 | Warner Bros. | $2,175,000 | 1,902 | 1,143 | $47,749,692 |
