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![]() ![]() The arrival of The Hobbit had a predictably detrimental impact on the two big-scale films in the chart, Mockingjay Part 1 and Interstellar. ![]() Watch the trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Guardian One challenge is that, while Smaug didn’t face much in the way of direct competition in the weeks following release, Five Armies has Ridley Scott’s Exodus arriving on Boxing Day, a film that should compete for the adult segment of the Hobbit audience. With the Hobbit, Smaug’s final tally of £42.92m was a big drop on Unexpected Journey’s £52.33m, so backers New Line/Warners will be hoping that Five Armies will follow the pattern set by Lord of the Rings and bounce back from the Smaug number. Series finale The Return of the King landed in the middle with £61.06m. Based on both these literary franchises, you’d expect an uptick for the final Hobbit.Īn even more apt comparison, of course, would be Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, which saw its best result with the first film (£63.01m) and its worst with the second (£57.63m). ![]() With Twilight, grosses surged from the first (£11.21m) to the second film (£27.55m) and then climbed steadily with the third (£29.84m), fourth (£31.06m) and fifth (£35.88m). Watch the trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Guardian ![]()
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