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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012 PG-13 2h 49m Adventure, Fantasy Warner Bros.

From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$303M
Final
Opening Weekend
$84.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.58x
Opening → Total
Budget
$258M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$1.02B
$714M international
2012 Rank
#5
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 14-16 1 $84.6M $84.6M 4,045 $21K 1
Dec 21-23 1 $36.9M -56.4% $150.0M 4,100 $9K 2
Dec 28-30 1 $31.9M -13.5% $221.6M 4,100 $8K 3
Jan 4-6 3 $17.5M -45.0% $263.8M 3,755 $5K 4
Jan 11-13 6 $9.2M -47.7% $278.2M 3,012 $3K 5
Jan 18-20 10 $6.2M -32.6% $287.2M 2,323 $3K 6
Jan 25-27 12 $3.4M -45.2% $293.3M 1,675 $2K 7
Feb 1-3 12 $1.9M -43.8% $296.2M 1,300 $1K 8
Feb 8-10 16 $1.5M -22.8% $298.3M 1,001 $1K 9
Feb 15-17 17 $990K -32.6% $299.9M 605 $2K 10
Feb 22-24 22 $550K -44.4% $301.0M 388 $1K 11
Mar 1-3 27 $268K -51.4% $301.4M 210 $1K 12
Mar 8-10 23 $379K +41.5% $301.9M 337 $1K 13
Mar 15-17 23 $318K -16.1% $302.4M 305 $1K 14
Mar 22-24 30 $178K -43.9% $302.7M 235 $758 15
Mar 29-31 43 $70K -61.0% $302.8M 145 $479 16

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Jackson
ScreenplayPeter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
StarringMartin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Sylvester McCoy
StudioWarner Bros.