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BeornBerserker
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Dec 27 2012, 3:58pm
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Hobbit Box Office
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According to boxoffice.com, the Hobbit netted another 11 million in North America bringing its total to just shy of 180 million. It should easily pass the the 200 million mark this weekend, maybe around 210-215 million and be around 550-600 million world wide. Not bad for the first 17 days of release. I still think it has possible potential for 300 million North America and in the billion dollar range world wide before it exits the theaters.
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Estel78
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Dec 27 2012, 5:11pm
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The potential for $300m domestic / $1b worldwide has always been there, though i have been sceptical about the latter especially. It seems to have opened big in Australia yesterday, that will certainly help.
I believe you are being too conservative in your projection for this week. It should be around $650m worldwide by end of the weekend ($225 domestic / $425m international).
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Owain
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Dec 27 2012, 5:18pm
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and I think you're right... it has potential for those kinds of numbers.
I went again yesterday and one showing I went to was sold out and the one I got into was completely full (not sure if sold out because I got a ticket).
My friends who haven't seen it yet have stated that they are going to especially since the audience review has been positive.
My brothers love Lord of the Rings but haven't had time to go see it because of job and family commitments but they both have said they will see it.
Middle Earth is New Zealand!
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macfalk
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Dec 27 2012, 5:19pm
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It will soon surpass The Hunger Games. That much-hyped movie did well in US cinemas, but had an abysmal run worldwide. The Hobbit will easily surpass with more than 100-200 million it before this is over. And it still has not opened in Poland and China. Those markets are not huge (well, China is, but I don't know if the average Chinese care much for Tolkien) but they should add some at least.
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painjoiker
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Dec 27 2012, 5:25pm
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I'm going with a friend sometime in the beginning of the New Year,
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and Norwegian ticket prices are among the most expensive 
This will be my third viewing 
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macfalk
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Dec 27 2012, 5:28pm
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I'm going a third time as well
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And the ticket prices are pretty bad here too (paid 175 crowns for the midnight showing in HFR 3D)
175 SEK = 26,92 USD = 150,12 NOK
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Ardamírë
Valinor
Dec 27 2012, 5:31pm
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Holy crap! I paid $5 for my ticket to the midnight premiere 
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macfalk
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Dec 27 2012, 5:32pm
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It's messed up, beyond words. I don't know how they can keep upping the ticket prices and get away with it, but they can apparantly 
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Ardamírë
Valinor
Dec 27 2012, 5:33pm
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I only went to a 2D 24fps showing in a small town, but still, even when I plan to go see it in HFR I don't expect to pay more than 12 or 13 dollars.
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Lindele
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Dec 27 2012, 5:35pm
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this weekend I will be seeing it for a third and fourth time...first in Dolby Atmos and then at the IMAX...so that should help with numbers.
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Danielos
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Dec 27 2012, 5:39pm
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SF (the Swedish cinema owners) does not have any real competition, so they can pretty much dream up any price they want as long as the audience are willing to pay for it. And with movies like The Hobbit, they apparently can get away with it!
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painjoiker
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Dec 27 2012, 5:51pm
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I only pay 110 NOK (19.7$ / 128.5 SEK) for 2D viewings, but I see the 3D HFR tickets are 160 NOK (28.6$ / 187 SEK)...
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IDLookout
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Dec 27 2012, 6:18pm
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The fluctuation in ticket prices and the number of theatres, let alone rising inflation, is exactly why the term "Gross Box Office" is pretty much meaningless. I really wish they would just count tickets sold.
Every couple of years, a new movie breaks Box Office Records... lol
Bilbo, Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins,
He's only three feet tall.
Bilbo, Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins,
The bravest little hobbit of them all.
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macfalk
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Dec 27 2012, 7:37pm
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The Hobbit just passed 500 million
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Domestic: $179,663,000 34.3% + Foreign: $344,000,000 65.7%
= Worldwide: $523,663,000
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ashonmytomatoes
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Dec 27 2012, 7:59pm
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of living in suburban Louisiana is that I can go to a matinee for $7.50 US. I hope to make a 4th viewing before I go back to work Jan 2.
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shadowdog
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Dec 27 2012, 8:20pm
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that has only been out 2 weeks. It moved into 2nd place in North America Wednesday moving ahead of Django Unchained.
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stoutfiles
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Dec 27 2012, 8:26pm
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The list adjusted for inflation
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..is what really matters.
I doubt any movie will ever beat Gone With The Wind.
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Dec 27 2012, 8:38pm
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currently 11th out of the year at $523.7 mil
if it makes the same amount today as it has past few days will be in the top 10 by tomorrow
8th biggest prequel state side
15th biggest fantasy film
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Steven Van der Berg
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Dec 27 2012, 8:44pm
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It's actually a few million ahead of where Fellowship was at this time in its' release.//
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macfalk
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Dec 27 2012, 9:01pm
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Not in this case, I bet. WB made an investment and it seems to be paying off just fine. Nobody is expecting Gone With The Wind numbers.
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Estel78
Tol Eressea
Dec 27 2012, 9:08pm
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...they would destroy every TV in the world, ban internet and games, some movie might have come close to Gone with the Wind.
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Kimtc
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Dec 27 2012, 9:27pm
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The showing I went to on the 26th was packed, while those before Christmas were lighter. Most of my friends/family have had to wait until after Christmas Day because they didn't have the time to go. Interestingly, many of them planned to wait an see Les Miz on video, but planned to see Hobbit at 48 fps because it's an "event."
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Dec 27 2012, 10:12pm
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AUJ smashes Australia's box office record for Boxing Day.
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Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has scored the highest box office of any film on Boxing Day in Australia, drawing in $5,925,000. His Middle-earth films also hold the top four spots for Boxing Day box office, with AUJ followed by Return of the King, The Two Towers and Fellowship of the Ring respectively.
When it comes to the largest opening day in Australia on any day of the year, AUJ ranks third behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Avengers.
The story (below) goes on to say that the long running time of the movie (with fewer sessions in a day resulting in fewer tickets being sold) has been balanced out by people selecting higher-priced tickets for Gold Class viewings, so that they are in more comfort for the long film.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/8123657/Hobbit-smashes-Boxing-Day-record
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Ardamírë
Valinor
Dec 27 2012, 10:15pm
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Longer runtime = fewer tickets
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I've never understood this point. If people want to go see a film, they're going to go see it when's it's shown. Perhaps I'm just being naive, but I don't think fewer times the film is available really has anything to do with fewer tickets sold. It's not as if most of those showing sell out. I have only once been to a film where the theater was packed, and that was a midnight showing of a film.
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TheCoon
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Dec 28 2012, 1:18am
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im going again new years day at the same theater as last time hopefully this will finally end the idotic conspiracy theories about warner demanding drastic alterations to the other 2 films now
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