'Five Armies' is the third movie to pass USD 100 million in the US in a week this year, following Lionsgate's 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1', which grossed USD 168.7 million in its opening week, and Disney-Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' with USD 134.4 million, reported Variety.
'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' is the third part based on the novel 'The Hobbit' by J R Tolkien. 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', which is the first part of the adaptation grossed USD 113 million in its first week and 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug', took in USD 96 million in US.
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