The Hobbit finale dwarfs UK box office rivals
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The third and final instalment of Peter Jackson's Hobbit series, The Battle of the Five Armies, has topped the UK box office in its opening weekend.
The film made £9.7 million, marginally outperforming the previous two chapters in the saga.
An Unexpected Journey took £9.5 million on its debut in 2012, while last year's Desolation of Smaug took £9.3 million.
Paddington, which had been at the top of the charts for two weeks, was bumped into second place with £2.9 million.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, which has now earned more than £27 million in the UK alone, came in third.
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