The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has topped the US box office, taking $73.7m (£45m), according to initial estimates.But it was down on the first Hobbit instalment, which took $84.6m (£51m) in its opening weekend last year.Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros admitted the takings "could have been a little better".He said bad weather in the east of the country "probably took a couple million dollars out of my pocket"."But our box office will survive. ...
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