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IT's OFFICIAL: THE HOBBIT BREAKS 1 BILLION
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AinurOlorin
Half-elven


Mar 3 2013, 10:12pm

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I had JUST seen that on their site, and made a facebook post about it! [In reply to] Can't Post

You must have bending your palantir in that direction all day just as I have been. Note also, they have NOT yet updated the American weekend profit, so that number may yet increase by a hundred thousand or so. Cool

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Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $301,134,992 30.1% + Foreign: $700,000,000 69.9%
= Worldwide: $1,001,134,992


"Hear me, hounds of Sauron, Gandalf is here! Fly if you value your foul skins, I will shrivel you from tail to snout if you step within this circle!"

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Brethil
Half-elven


Mar 3 2013, 10:25pm

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Bazinga! and ***applause*** all around for making the mark [In reply to] Can't Post

Yeah, what was up with that? Couldn't read any of your posts this am.


Ham_Sammy
Tol Eressea

Mar 3 2013, 10:29pm

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Let's just say [In reply to] Can't Post

I hammed up the profile area while trying to change my password and somehow hit the stupid avatar button and uploaded god knows what breaking the boards and causing much consternation for me and the mods. Sammy will not be touching the profile button ever..again...


sauget.diblosio
Tol Eressea

Mar 3 2013, 10:38pm

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A bit of strategy? [In reply to] Can't Post

Is it coincidence that WB announced the news of TaBA's move to Dec. just before it hit 1 billion? Then, if fan reaction were bad, it would quickly be overtaken with this good news. Turns out they needn't have worried, as it seems most are happy with the move anyway. Just a guess.


Glorfindela
Valinor

Mar 3 2013, 11:13pm

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Watch it, you… [In reply to] Can't Post


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Le me be allowed to congratulate that complete and utter failure and abomination of a film that no one would like nor ever should have seen the light of day..

Just kidding, just kidding!

Hear Hear and Hip Hip Hooray for The Hobbit!


Just kidding. Tongue


Ham_Sammy
Tol Eressea

Mar 3 2013, 11:16pm

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Hehe [In reply to] Can't Post

Laugh


totoro
Lorien

Mar 3 2013, 11:35pm

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Sounds like you are looking for an excuse... [In reply to] Can't Post


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I'll drink a beer for this!

... I think I'll have one, too. For this.


totoro
Lorien

Mar 3 2013, 11:40pm

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Not to take anything away from the billion (or thousand million)... [In reply to] Can't Post

... but I thought the big deal was beating Harry Potter 1. In a finite series of half-a-dozen, give or take, the last HP beat RotK, and several HPs beat TTT. So it seemed to me a pretty big deal for AUJ to pass HP, as it was essentially a fourth in a series of 6. It seemed likely to both beat HP (other than the last) and notch $1B, but which is more significant depends upon your priorities, I guess.

I wonder if this sucker is going to be able to limp past Phantom Menace.


ArwenU
The Shire

Mar 3 2013, 11:46pm

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or according to New Line bookkeepers ... [In reply to] Can't Post

"horrendous losses" Tongue


MasterOrc
Rivendell


Mar 3 2013, 11:47pm

Post #35 of 59 (6806 views)
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Not an Unexpected Journey... [In reply to] Can't Post

to 1 Billion. Cograts to all...


totoro
Lorien

Mar 3 2013, 11:50pm

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I know, right? [In reply to] Can't Post


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"horrendous losses" Tongue

I understand how we have a bunch of dudes from Harvard business school who can run a business so that nobody knows what the hell is going on, but how can they find a spokesman to actually say this stuff? I simply would not be able to do it. Or maybe I just don't realize how much the spokespersons make, and they are happy to tell a little fib for a lot of money.


Old Toby
Grey Havens


Mar 3 2013, 11:52pm

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Bravo Bravo!!! *Wild applause* [In reply to] Can't Post

It's just so gratifying for me to see this movie, that I love so much, make an indecent amount of cash! So, for all the critics and naysayers who thought this movie was a flop.....ppppffffffffftttttttt!! Go eat dirt!! TongueSly

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ringme
The Shire

Mar 3 2013, 11:55pm

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KLF [In reply to] Can't Post

Yeah but is breaking a billion better than burning a million like the pop group KLF supposedly did


Bombadil
Half-elven


Mar 4 2013, 2:18am

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Rock On [In reply to] Can't Post

youtu.be/jE0ukoL7sW8


(This post was edited by Bombadil on Mar 4 2013, 2:20am)


Kimtc
Rohan


Mar 4 2013, 3:45am

Post #40 of 59 (6200 views)
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They just got more of my $$ added to the pot! [In reply to] Can't Post

To celebrate this news I went to see it again (as Arwen would say) one last time. Because I want to make sure they give everyone bonuses!


macfalk
Valinor


Mar 4 2013, 7:05am

Post #41 of 59 (6566 views)
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It's possible, I guess [In reply to] Can't Post

Phantom Menace was released twice, though, before the rerelease that movie was way below 1 billion.



The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.


Rostron2
Gondor


Mar 4 2013, 4:00pm

Post #42 of 59 (6269 views)
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Yay [In reply to] Can't Post

*worlds tiniest band plays Hallelujah Chorus*


bborchar
Rohan


Mar 4 2013, 4:35pm

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Not even a valid comparison... [In reply to] Can't Post

Phantom Menace grossed $924.3 million worldwide during its initial run in theaters - it only broke the 1 billion mark during it's second release over a decade later when it made $102.7 million. The Hobbit has been out for three months.


Ardamírë
Valinor


Mar 4 2013, 5:12pm

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Still not a valid comparison [In reply to] Can't Post

Don't forget about inflation and 3D ticket sales.

There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall and the bells in the steeple, too.
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say coo-coo (coo-coo, coo-coo).


macfalk
Valinor


Mar 4 2013, 5:29pm

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The re-release of Phantom Menace was in 3D [In reply to] Can't Post

And well, it's hard to calculate what the Phantom Menace's "foreign" gross was adjusted-for-inflation (I have never seen such a list, probably because it would take ages to calculate so many currencies)



The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.


Ardamírë
Valinor


Mar 4 2013, 5:42pm

Post #46 of 59 (6140 views)
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But that was a rerelease [In reply to] Can't Post

Not initial theatrical run. Obviously, that was just in 2D and at a much lower ticket price.

And yeah, I have no idea how to calculate any of that other stuff. The Hobbit has done very well, and I really just don't see the need to compare it (especially without setting specific variables) to a movie that came out 14 years ago and everyone loves to pick apart.

There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall and the bells in the steeple, too.
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say coo-coo (coo-coo, coo-coo).


imin
Valinor


Mar 4 2013, 5:53pm

Post #47 of 59 (6182 views)
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Well done AUJ [In reply to] Can't Post

Finally made it.

Does anyone know where to find out information on how many actual tickets were sold?


Marionette
Rohan


Mar 4 2013, 6:07pm

Post #48 of 59 (6156 views)
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There you have it, well deserved and... [In reply to] Can't Post

imagine boxoffice for There and Back Again then Smile

So, people are speaking, the movie is great.Heart


"Dear friend good bye, no tears in my eyes. So sad it ends, as it began"
Queen



Radagast-Aiwendil
Gondor


Mar 4 2013, 6:52pm

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Well there we go [In reply to] Can't Post

Like it or lump it, (I love it), the film has been successful overall, something which is somewhat surprising given a) The reviews and b) The pretty poor advertising (at least here in the UK, there was almost nothing promoting the film's release a week prior, save the odd TV spot and *very occasional* poster in the window. You literally had to walk into a book shop to find out anything about the movie's existence).Laugh

"These are Gundabad Wargs! They will outrun you!"

"THESE are Rhosgobel Rabbits! I'd like to see them try...."



Glorfindela
Valinor

Mar 4 2013, 11:24pm

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I saw no advertising in the UK [In reply to] Can't Post

Compared with the LOTR films, there was nothing barring that pretty poor poster of the Dwarves on buses, which only showed up once the film had been released. LOTR was all over the place – in supermarkets, eating places, even the Post Office – and each film even had its colour coding.

I loved AUJ too. Am going to see it again tomorrow, sadly only in ordinary 3D (which I don't like much), rather than my preferred high frame rate version, which I can't see anywhere. Still, beggars can't be choosers – I'll take what I can get.


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Like it or lump it, (I love it), the film has been successful overall, something which is somewhat surprising given a) The reviews and b) The pretty poor advertising (at least here in the UK, there was almost nothing promoting the film's release a week prior, save the odd TV spot and *very occasional* poster in the window. You literally had to walk into a book shop to find out anything about the movie's existence).Laugh


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