‘Hobbit’ takes in $73m at box office

Undaunted hobbits have trumped princess power at cinemas around the world.

Per studio estimates that Warner Bros’ Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was number one at the US weekend box office with $73.7m (€53.6m), besting last weekend’s number one film, Disney’s Frozen.

Melting down to the number two spot, Frozen earned $22.2m in its third weekend, bringing its impressive overall total to nearly $164.4m.