The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey now stands at $28m locally

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey remains at the top of the Australian box office results in its second weekend of release.

The film, distributed by Warner Brothers added another $5.854m over the weekend, taking the film’s cumulated box office to a massive $28.637m.

The prequel to the hugely successful Lord of the Rings trilogy made history as the biggest Boxing Day opening film in Australian history, taking a gross of $5.9m on the day.

The film this weekend had a $10,453 average across 560 screens.

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