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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013 PG-13 2h 41m Adventure, Fantasy Warner Bros.

Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$258M
Final
Opening Weekend
$73.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.51x
Opening → Total
Budget
$234M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$958M
$700M international
2013 Rank
#8
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 13-15 1 $73.6M $73.6M 3,903 $19K 1
Dec 20-22 1 $31.5M -57.2% $127.6M 3,928 $8K 2
Dec 27-29 1 $29.0M -7.9% $189.5M 3,928 $7K 3
Jan 3-5 3 $15.7M -46.0% $229.1M 3,730 $4K 4
Jan 10-12 6 $8.0M -48.8% $242.2M 3,075 $3K 5
Jan 17-19 12 $3.7M -53.8% $248.5M 1,815 $2K 6
Jan 24-26 12 $2.1M -42.0% $252.3M 1,285 $2K 7
Jan 31-Feb 2 15 $1.2M -42.5% $254.3M 933 $1K 8
Feb 7-9 Sochi Olympics 20 $688K -44.3% $255.4M 537 $1K 9
Feb 14-16 Sochi Olympics 24 $498K -27.7% $256.1M 285 $2K 10
Feb 21-23 Sochi Olympics 27 $293K -41.1% $256.6M 266 $1K 11
Feb 28-Mar 2 32 $213K -27.3% $257.0M 215 $991 12
Mar 7-9 23 $344K +61.5% $257.4M 333 $1K 13
Mar 14-16 26 $248K -27.9% $257.8M 277 $896 14
Mar 21-23 34 $135K -45.4% $258.0M 224 $604 15
Mar 28-30 33 $104K -23.5% $258.2M 185 $559 16
Apr 4-6 43 $61K -41.4% $258.3M 130 $467 17
Apr 11-13 54 $27K -54.9% $258.4M 101 $271 18

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeter Jackson
ScreenplayPeter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Guillermo del Toro
StarringIan McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly
StudioWarner Bros.