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UK Box office report 19th December 2014: The Hobbit stays at the top for week two

UK Box office report 19th December 2014:  The Hobbit stays at the top for week two
Night At the Meseum: Secret of the Tomb
No change at the top this week with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies staying for it's second week of release, it's weekend gross of £5.4 million is down 55.6% on last weeks.

The latest, and last, film in the series is running at the same rate of gross as the previous film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, but behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Paddington stays at two this week and highest new film is in at three, Night At The Museum: Secret of the Tomb, grossing this week £1.8 million.

Also new this week is Dumb and Dumber To which enters at four, Indian film P K which is new at seven.

Historical Charts:

A Year ago - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug stayed at the top of the chart with Anchorman 2 The Legend Continues entering at number two.

Five years ago - Avatar made it's debut at the top of the box office knocking A Christmas Carol off the top down to number three.

Ten years ago - Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events was the new film entering at the top with last weeks top film Blade Trinity falling right down to fourth.

Fifteen years ago - It was still The World is Not Enough at the top refusing to shift while Inspector Gadget came in at number two as the highest new film.

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