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"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been named the first Australian box office chart-topper of 2013. Peter Jackson&amp;#039;s new movie - the first in his trilogy based on the JRR Tolkien novel - benefited from a busy week between Christmas and New Year, taking almost AU$17 million across 560 screens. The film has now passed the AU$20 million mark nationally as a result.  James Bond movie Skyfall, which topped the last set of weekend standings released before Christmas, drops to number six, but still took over AU$2.77 million in the week between Christmas and New Year. The film, which became the first &amp;#039;billion-dollar Bond movie&amp;#039; over the holiday period based on international receipts, has now grossed over AU$44.7 million at the domestic box office.   The first chart of the new year is dominated by the debut of big festive entries including Les Mis\u00C3\u00A9rables, Wreck-It Ralph, Life of Pi, Parental Guidance and Downton Abbey star Dame Maggie Smith&amp;#039;s latest big-screen offering Quartet. The box office top ten for the week of December 26, 2012 to January 2, 2013 (all figures in Australian dollars): 1. (-) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - $16,862,668 2. (-) Les Mis\u00C3\u00A9rables - $7,471,045 3. (-) Wreck-It Ralph - $6,209,397 4. (-) Parental Guidance - $3,265,785 5. (-) Life of Pi - $2,851,322 6. (1) Skyfall - $2,775,878 7. (-) Quartet - $1,958,174 8. (2) Rise of the Guardians - $1,848,217 9. (3) Pitch Perfect - $1,366,716 10. (4) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - $237,401 Photo gallery - &amp;#039;The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey&amp;#039;:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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