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2014 • PG-13 • 2h 24m • Adventure, Fantasy • Warner Bros.

The defining chapter.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$54.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$255.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$940.30M

$685.20M international

Domestic legs4.66x

Budget$250.0M

2014 rank#6

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Cast & crew

Full Jackson filmography

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson Director

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman Starring

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen Starring

Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly Starring

Luke Evans

Luke Evans Starring

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom Starring

ScreenplayFran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro StudioWarner Bros. Produced byCarolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson SeriesThe Hobbit

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 19-21 1 $54.7M — 3,875 $14,122 $89.1M

2 Dec 26-28 1 $40.9M −25.2% 3,875 $10,560 $168.0M

3 Jan 2-4 1 $21.7M −46.9% 3,875 $5,608 $220.6M

4 Jan 9-11 4 $9.4M −56.9% 3,402 $2,756 $236.5M

5 Jan 16-18 8 $4.9M −47.7% 2,220 $2,209 $244.6M

6 Jan 23-25 11 $2.8M −43.4% 1,444 $1,921 $249.5M

7 Jan 30-32 16 $1.3M −53.5% 910 $1,419 $251.7M

8 Feb 6-8 21 $756.0K −41.4% 503 $1,503 $252.9M

9 Feb 13-15 22 $411.3K −45.6% 272 $1,512 $253.6M

10 Feb 20-22 30 $185.9K −54.8% 201 $925 $253.9M

11 Feb 27-29 24 $287.8K +54.8% 304 $947 $254.3M

12 Mar 6-8 28 $215.6K −25.1% 291 $741 $254.7M

13 Mar 13-15 31 $141.0K −34.6% 222 $635 $254.9M

14 Mar 20-22 40 $75.2K −46.6% 144 $522 $255.0M

15 Mar 27-29 49 $37.0K −50.8% 85 $436 $255.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Tue Dec 16 #P $11.2M — $11.2M 0 $0 -3

Wed Dec 17 #1 $24.5M +118.3% $24.5M 3,875 $6,310 -2

Thu Dec 18 #1 $10.0M −59.3% $34.4M 3,875 $2,569 -1

Fri Dec 19 #1 $16.6M +66.4% $51.0M 3,875 $4,274 1

Sat Dec 20 #1 $21.4M +29.2% $72.4M 3,875 $5,522 2

Sun Dec 21 #1 $16.8M −21.7% $89.1M 3,875 $4,326 3

Mon Dec 22 #1 $9.0M −46.3% $98.1M 3,875 $2,324 4

Tue Dec 23 #1 $9.8M +8.8% $107.9M 3,875 $2,530 5

Wed Dec 24 #- $6.0M −38.6% $114.0M 3,875 $1,555 6

Thu Dec 25 #- $13.1M +118.0% $127.1M 3,875 $3,388 7

Fri Dec 26 #- $15.6M +18.9% −5.8% $142.7M 3,875 $4,028 8

Sat Dec 27 #- $14.3M −8.4% −33.2% $157.0M 3,875 $3,691 9

Sun Dec 28 #- $11.0M −23.0% −34.3% $168.0M 3,875 $2,841 10

Mon Dec 29 #- $7.6M −31.4% −16.1% $175.6M 3,875 $1,950 11

Tue Dec 30 #- $8.0M +5.5% −18.7% $183.5M 3,875 $2,057 12

Wed Dec 31 #- $6.0M −24.7% −0.4% $189.5M 3,875 $1,549 13

Thu Jan 1 #1 $9.3M +55.3% −29.0% $198.9M 3,875 $2,405 14

Fri Jan 2 #1 $8.3M −10.9% −46.8% $207.2M 3,875 $2,142 15

Sat Jan 3 #1 $8.1M −2.0% −43.1% $215.3M 3,875 $2,100 16

Sun Jan 4 #1 $5.3M −34.9% −51.9% $220.6M 3,875 $1,366 17

Mon Jan 5 #1 $1.8M −66.4% −76.5% $222.4M 3,875 $459 18

Tue Jan 6 #1 $1.9M +8.6% −75.8% $224.3M 3,875 $498 19

Wed Jan 7 #1 $1.4M −25.4% −76.0% $225.7M 3,875 $371 20

Thu Jan 8 #1 $1.3M −7.2% −85.7% $227.1M 3,875 $345 21

Fri Jan 9 #5 $2.5M +83.6% −70.5% $229.5M 3,402 $721 22

Sat Jan 10 #4 $4.2M +72.5% −48.0% $233.8M 3,402 $1,243 23

Sun Jan 11 #3 $2.7M −36.2% −49.1% $236.5M 3,402 $793 24

Mon Jan 12 #3 $720.7K −73.3% −59.5% $237.2M 3,402 $212 25

Tue Jan 13 #3 $1.0M +39.1% −48.1% $238.2M 3,402 $295 26

Wed Jan 14 #3 $787.2K −21.5% −45.3% $239.0M 3,402 $231 27

Thu Jan 15 #4 $707.3K −10.1% −47.0% $239.7M 3,402 $208 28

Fri Jan 16 #10 $1.2M +67.7% −51.6% $240.9M 2,220 $534 29

Sat Jan 17 #8 $2.2M +88.9% −47.0% $243.1M 2,220 $1,009 30

Sun Jan 18 #8 $1.5M −33.9% −45.1% $244.6M 2,220 $666 31

Mon Jan 19 #9 $1.1M −27.4% +49.1% $245.7M 2,220 $484 32

Tue Jan 20 #8 $464.4K −56.8% −53.7% $246.1M 2,220 $209 33

Wed Jan 21 #7 $327.5K −29.5% −58.4% $246.4M 2,220 $148 34

Thu Jan 22 #8 $322.6K −1.5% −54.4% $246.8M 2,220 $145 35

Fri Jan 23 #11 $662.6K +105.4% −44.1% $247.4M 1,444 $459 36

Sat Jan 24 #11 $1.3M +96.4% −41.9% $248.7M 1,444 $901 37

Sun Jan 25 #11 $810.4K −37.7% −45.2% $249.5M 1,444 $561 38

Mon Jan 26 #11 $201.0K −75.2% −81.3% $249.7M 1,444 $139 39

Tue Jan 27 #11 $254.6K +26.7% −45.2% $250.0M 1,444 $176 40

Wed Jan 28 #11 $206.0K −19.1% −37.1% $250.2M 1,444 $143 41

Thu Jan 29 #11 $191.0K −7.3% −40.8% $250.4M 1,444 $132 42

Fri Jan 30 #- $355.1K +85.9% −46.4% $250.8M 910 $390 43

Sat Jan 31 #15 $681.8K +92.0% −47.6% $251.4M 910 $749 44

Sun Feb 1 #13 $254.0K −62.7% −68.7% $251.7M 910 $279 45

Mon Feb 2 #15 $121.3K −52.2% −39.7% $251.8M 910 $133 46

Tue Feb 3 #15 $136.3K +12.4% −46.5% $251.9M 910 $150 47

Wed Feb 4 #- $108.1K −20.7% −47.5% $252.1M 910 $119 48

Thu Feb 5 #- $96.3K −10.9% −49.6% $252.2M 910 $106 49

Fri Feb 6 #- $178.7K +85.6% −49.7% $252.3M 503 $355 50

Sat Feb 7 #- $355.4K +98.9% −47.9% $252.7M 503 $707 51

Sun Feb 8 #- $221.9K −37.6% −12.7% $252.9M 503 $441 52

Mon Feb 9 #- $74.0K −66.6% −39.0% $253.0M 503 $147 53

Tue Feb 10 #- $67.5K −8.9% −50.5% $253.0M 503 $134 54

Wed Feb 11 #- $56.3K −16.5% −47.9% $253.1M 503 $112 55

Thu Feb 12 #- $56.9K +1.0% −40.9% $253.2M 503 $113 56

Fri Feb 13 #- $81.9K +43.9% −54.2% $253.2M 272 $301 57

Sat Feb 14 #- $196.2K +139.6% −44.8% $253.4M 272 $721 58

Sun Feb 15 #- $133.3K −32.1% −39.9% $253.6M 272 $490 59

Mon Feb 16 #- $95.6K −28.3% +29.1% $253.7M 272 $351 60

Tue Feb 17 #- $34.4K −64.0% −49.1% $253.7M 272 $126 61

Wed Feb 18 #- $29.6K −14.0% −47.6% $253.7M 272 $109 62

Thu Feb 19 #- $30.7K +4.0% −46.0% $253.8M 272 $113 63

Fri Feb 20 #- $51.2K +66.4% −37.5% $253.8M 201 $254 64

Sat Feb 21 #- $82.4K +61.1% −58.0% $253.9M 201 $410 65

Sun Feb 22 #- $52.4K −36.5% −60.7% $253.9M 201 $260 66

Mon Feb 23 #- $22.0K −58.0% −77.0% $254.0M 201 $109 67

Tue Feb 24 #- $26.4K +20.0% −23.2% $254.0M 201 $131 68

Wed Feb 25 #- $20.3K −23.0% −31.2% $254.0M 201 $101 69

Thu Feb 26 #- $20.9K +3.0% −31.9% $254.0M 201 $104 70

Fri Feb 27 #- $72.9K +248.1% +42.4% $254.1M 304 $240 71

Sat Feb 28 #- $128.9K +76.9% +56.4% $254.2M 304 $424 72

Sun Mar 1 #- $86.1K −33.2% +64.4% $254.3M 304 $283 73

Mon Mar 2 #- $33.1K −61.5% +50.7% $254.4M 304 $109 74

Tue Mar 3 #- $36.8K +11.0% +39.4% $254.4M 304 $121 75

Wed Mar 4 #- $29.4K −20.0% +44.9% $254.4M 304 $97 76

Thu Mar 5 #- $30.6K +4.0% +46.3% $254.5M 304 $101 77

Fri Mar 6 #- $55.8K +82.2% −23.5% $254.5M 291 $192 78

Sat Mar 7 #- $100.1K +79.5% −22.3% $254.6M 291 $344 79

Sun Mar 8 #- $59.7K −40.4% −30.6% $254.7M 291 $205 80

Mon Mar 9 #- $24.5K −59.0% −26.1% $254.7M 291 $84 81

Tue Mar 10 #- $28.9K +18.0% −21.5% $254.7M 291 $99 82

Wed Mar 11 #- $22.8K −21.0% −22.5% $254.7M 291 $78 83

Thu Mar 12 #- $26.9K +18.0% −12.1% $254.8M 291 $92 84

Fri Mar 13 #- $37.3K +38.4% −33.2% $254.8M 222 $168 85

Sat Mar 14 #- $63.3K +69.9% −36.8% $254.9M 222 $285 86

Sun Mar 15 #- $40.4K −36.1% −32.3% $254.9M 222 $182 87

Mon Mar 16 #- $11.5K −71.6% −53.1% $254.9M 222 $52 88

Tue Mar 17 #- $12.6K +10.0% −56.3% $254.9M 222 $57 89

Wed Mar 18 #- $12.9K +2.0% −43.5% $255.0M 222 $58 90

Thu Mar 19 #- $14.7K +13.9% −45.5% $255.0M 222 $66 91

Fri Mar 20 #- $20.4K +39.0% −45.3% $255.0M 144 $142 92

Sat Mar 21 #- $33.6K +64.9% −46.9% $255.0M 144 $233 93

Sun Mar 22 #- $21.2K −36.9% −47.5% $255.0M 144 $147 94

Mon Mar 23 #- $7.5K −64.7% −34.8% $255.1M 144 $52 95

Tue Mar 24 #- $7.1K −5.7% −44.1% $255.1M 144 $49 96

Wed Mar 25 #- $6.7K −4.9% −47.9% $255.1M 144 $47 97

Thu Mar 26 #- $6.9K +3.3% −52.7% $255.1M 144 $48 98

Fri Mar 27 #- $11.1K +59.7% −45.7% $255.1M 85 $130 99

Sat Mar 28 #- $17.0K +53.3% −49.5% $255.1M 85 $200 100

Sun Mar 29 #- $9.0K −47.1% −57.7% $255.1M 85 $106 101

Mon Mar 30 #- $2.6K −71.1% −65.4% $255.1M 85 $30 102

Tue Mar 31 #- $2.8K +9.0% −60.0% $255.1M 85 $33 103

Wed Apr 1 #- $2.8K −0.8% −58.3% $255.1M 85 $33 104

Thu Apr 2 #- $3.2K +14.5% −53.8% $255.1M 85 $38 105

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$254.0M

Dec 16Jan 3Jan 21Feb 8Feb 26

Weekend grossWk 10 · $185.9K

$54.7M

$40.9M

$21.7M

$9.4M

$4.9M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$756.0K

$411.3K

$185.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,875 → 201 −94.8%

3,875 open201 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −54.8%

−25.2%

W1→2

−46.9%

W2→3

−56.9%

W3→4

−47.7%

W4→5

−43.4%

W5→6

−53.5%

W6→7

−41.4%

W7→8

−45.6%

W8→9

−54.8%

W9→10

Steepest −56.9%Best hold −25.2%

Run milestones

$200M in 15 days

$100M

Day 5

Dec 23

$200M

Day 15

Jan 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#7 Best second-weekend holds$50M+ openers, all-time −25.2% #17 Best multipliersAll-time 4.66x #20 Biggest December openingsAll-time $54.7M

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