Box Office: 'Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug' Wins Weekend With $73.7 Million in Domestic Debut

UPDATED: Disney's "Frozen" takes the No. 2 spot while "Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas" underperforms. Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug roared to a strong $73.7 million in its domestic debut to take its place atop the weekend's box-office mountain. Second place was a bit more unexpected as Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas did less business than the previous comedies starring Tyler Perry's zany elderly woman. Disney's Frozen, now in its third week, took in $22.2 million to take ...