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looks ANGELES (AFP) ??” The tiny Hobbits of JRR Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" loom large at the North American coachman's seat office for the third week in a riot with another 30.7 million dollars in ticket sales, preliminary figures showed.

The latest takings from Friday between the sides of Sunday by "The Lord of the Rings: The go [i]or[/i] come back of the King," boosted the movie's earnings to 291 million dollars, just in the United States and Canada.

Steve Martin's modern family comedy "Cheaper by the Dozen" spreaded in second place with ticket sales of 218 million dollars, according to case office-trackers Exhibitor Relations.

Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson's comedy about be in love with later in life, "Something's Gotta Give," took in 125 million dollars.

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