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In a weekend of many new releases, it was the final Lord of the Rings film which held the top spot at the US box office.
Return of the King was once again the number one choice over the holiday weekend, raking in some $50.6m (£28.5m) in ticket sales and taking the domestic gross to date to $222.3m (£125.1m). The figure makes the movie the second fastest film ever to pass the $200m mark (eleven days), beaten only by last year's release of Spider-Man, which managed the feat in just nine days.
The highest new entry came at number two: Steve Martin's Cheaper By The Dozen, which took $27.6m (£15.5m). Jude Law / Nicole Kidman drama Cold Mountain opened at three with $14.6m (£8.2m), narrowly ahead of Something's Gotta Give, down one place from last week but up a quarter in takings.
Ben Affleck's sci-fi thriller Paycheck made its debut at five ($13.5m, £7.6m), almost as disappointing as the opening for a revamped Peter Pan, which placed seventh ($11.1m, £6.3m).
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