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Hobbits and dwarves dominated the box office once again this past weekend, with the (presumably) final film in the 鈥淗obbit鈥� trilogy, 鈥�The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,鈥� winning the box office for the third straight week.

The third 鈥淗obbit鈥� movie, which was first released on Dec. 17, was battling with fellow box office stalwarts 鈥淚nto the Woods,鈥� the fairy tale musical adaptation that was released on Dec. 25, and 鈥淯nbroken,鈥� the adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand鈥檚 nonfiction book. "Unbroken" was directed by Angelina Jolie and also came out on Christmas Day.

According to the , 鈥淗obbit鈥� grossed more than $21 million this past weekend, while 鈥淲oods鈥� came in at second place with more than $19 million and 鈥淯nbroken鈥� grossed more than $18 million. Meanwhile, the horror sequel 鈥淭he Woman in Black 2鈥� took in more than $15 million.

However, 鈥淲oods鈥� has been the best-reviewed of the bunch. 鈥淎rmies鈥� has a score of 59 out of 100 on the review aggregator website , while 鈥淯nbroken鈥� has exactly the same score and 鈥淏lack鈥� only holds a score of 42. 鈥淲oods,鈥� by contrast, currently has a score of 70.

According to the website , 鈥淎rmies鈥� has taken in more than the second 鈥淗obbit鈥� film, 鈥淭he Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,鈥� had in the same time period (19 days). 鈥淎rmies鈥� has grossed more than $220 million, while 鈥淪maug鈥� took in more than $201 million over that time.

Out of the three 鈥淗obbit鈥� films, 鈥淎rmies鈥� is currently in the middle of the pack in terms of critical reception. According to Metacritic, its 59 score is better than the first 鈥淗obbit鈥� film, 鈥淭he Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,鈥� but not as good as the score held by 鈥淪maug.鈥�

The film 鈥淭aken 3,鈥� an action movie starring Liam Neeson, opens this weekend, but the weekend is otherwise quiet, so 鈥淗obbit鈥� may hold onto its crown a little longer unless the newest "Taken" film proves to be a box office smash.