By Ap PUBLISHED: 00:34 EST, 16 December 2013 | UPDATED: 00:34 EST, 16 December 2013 Undaunted hobbits trumped princess power at the multiplex. Per studio estimates Sunday, Warner Bros. Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was No. 1 at the weekend box office with $73.7 million, besting last weekend's No. 1 film, Disney's animated fable Frozen. Melting down to the No. 2 position, Frozen earned $22.2 in its third weekend, bringing its impressive overall domestic ticket total to nearly $164.4 million. Internationally, the Disney hit gained $31.5 million. Cha-ching: The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug raked in $73.7 million in its opening weekend
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The new Hobbit movie is the second of three in the series
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In the same weekend last year, the movie's prequel, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, earned $84.6
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