Franchise
The Hobbit
3 films•2012–2014•Warner Bros.
66%average critics80%average audience$272.0Mdomestic average
Films
3
2012–2014
Domestic
$816.1M
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.92B
lifetime
Avg opening
$71.0M
3-day
Avg legs
3.92x
opening → total
Return
3.9x
on $742.0M of budget
The Hobbit series runs to 3 films from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), together grossing $816.1M domestic and $2.92B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) at $1.02B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $84.6M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 2014 | $54.7M | $255.1M | 4.66x | $940.3M | A | 59% | #6 |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | $73.6M | $258.0M | 3.51x | $958.0M | A- | 74% | #8 |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2012 | $84.6M | $303.0M | 3.58x | $1.02B | A | 64% | #5 |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
3.9x
$2.92B worldwide on $742.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $816.1MInternational $2.10B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven4.1x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →1 placing across 1 all-time chart. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
