Box Office: 'The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies' Rules with $212M Worldwide

1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies- $56.2M/$90.6M
It may be #onelasttime in Middle Earth for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, but they are going out on top with a strong 5-day total of $90.6M after opening on Wednesday; $56M over the Friday weekend. Since Jackson likes to open these and his Lord of the Rings films on Wednesdays, this debut is pretty much in line with the other movies. Basically, if you saw the others you turned out for this one. And this isn't even factoring in the whopping $122M overseas haul, giving the film a total of $212M worldwide. Even Smaug would like a piece of treasure like that.
2. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb- $17.3M
It seemed the only people clamoring for a third Night at the Museum were Ben Stiller, Shawn Levy, and the bean counters over at 20th Century Fox. The first two films in the franchise grossed just under $1B combined, but this third and "final" (I smell a spinoff with Rebel Wilson coming) chapter is off to a bumpy start. 'Secret of the Tomb' opened with $17M, a step down from the $30M earned by the first movie in 2006, and the $54M by 'Battle of the Smithsonian'.  Five years is a long time to wait for what is generally considered a family-friendly comedy, and that may have had an impact on the low numbers. Rebel Wilson and Ben Kingsley were brought aboard to punch up the cast surrounding Stiller and Owen Wilson, but neither is exactly a box office draw. In Kingsley's case he's basically playing the polar opposite to his character in last week's Exodus: Gods and Kings. At $127M it's going to take a little bit of help from overseas numbers and the track record on that has been solid, so we'll see if these exhibits still have some life left.
3. Annie- $16.3M
While Sony continues to be humiliated, even shamed by the President, for their handling of The Interview, they had a pretty big movie opening this weekend. The much-hyped remake of Annie, the one boasting Jay-Z and Will Smith's hip-hop cred, opened to a solid $16M. That's not bad for a $65M feature version of a musical you can find just about anywhere. This one stars Quvenzhane Wallis, who we fell in love with in Beasts of the Southern Wild, alongside Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, and Rose Byrne. All big box office draws who could help carry the film far over the holidays, which is generally a strong time for musicals. We'll see if Into the Woods saps away any of its audience.
4. Exodus: Gods and Kings- $8M/$38.9M
Ridley Scott's critically-panned Exodus: Gods and Kings crashed like a tidal wave, falling 66% after a mediocre start last week. Domestically the film is a dud, but it could be saved on the foreign front where it has gained an additional $54.7M. 
5. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1- $7.7M/$289.2M
6. Wild- $4.1M/$7.2M
Expanding to over 1000 theaters and earning $4.1M was Wild, Reese Witherspoon's likely Oscar contender.
7. Top Five- $3.5M/$12.4M
A 300 theater expansion didn't do much for Top Five. The Chris Rock comedy only added another $3.5M at over 1300 sites.
8. Big Hero 6- $3.56M/$190.4M
9. Penguins of Madagascar- $3.52/$64.1M
10. PK- $3.5M
Sliding into the 10 spot is the Bollywood sci-fi comedy (how many of those you seen lately?), PK, starring Aamir Khan. You may recall Khan had another unexpected stateside hit last year with Dhoom 3, which made about $8M domestic ($88M worldwide) based solely on word of mouth. The same is happening now, and it goes a long way in showing why Hollywood has been expanding further into the Indian markets.