REUTERS - The dwarfs and elves of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey prevailed at the North American box office again over the weekend, as its US$32.9 million in ticket sales topped both the star-packed musical Les Miserables and the western Django Unchained.
Despite surging past The Hobbit on Christmas day with an US$18.1 million opening, Les Miz managed only third place in U.S. and Canadian sales with US$28 million as Christmas shoppers returned from the malls to boost Hollywood's box office, according to studio estimates.