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The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugFollow

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

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

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3.51

7.8

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$73.60M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$258.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$959.40M

$701.10M international

Domestic legs3.51x

Budget$234M

2013 rank#8

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Cast & crew

Full Jackson filmography

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson Director

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen Starring

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman Starring

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Starring

Orlando Bloom

Orlando Bloom Starring

Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly Starring

ScreenplayPeter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Guillermo del Toro StudioWarner Bros. SeriesThe Hobbit

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 13-15 1 $73.6M — 3,903 $18,868 $73.6M

2 Dec 20-22 1 $31.5M −57.2% 3,928 $8,020 $127.6M

3 Dec 27-29 1 $29.0M −7.9% 3,928 $7,390 $189.5M

4 Jan 3-5 3 $15.7M −46.0% 3,730 $4,202 $229.1M

5 Jan 10-12 6 $8.0M −48.8% 3,075 $2,608 $242.2M

6 Jan 17-19 12 $3.7M −53.8% 1,815 $2,041 $248.5M

7 Jan 24-26 12 $2.1M −42.0% 1,285 $1,671 $252.3M

8 Jan 31-Feb 2 15 $1.2M −42.5% 933 $1,323 $254.3M

9 Feb 7-9 20 $688.2K −44.3% 537 $1,281 $255.4M

10 Feb 14-16 24 $497.5K −27.7% 285 $1,745 $256.1M

11 Feb 21-23 27 $293.1K −41.1% 266 $1,101 $256.6M

12 Feb 28-Mar 2 32 $213.1K −27.3% 215 $991 $257.0M

13 Mar 7-9 23 $344.2K +61.5% 333 $1,033 $257.4M

14 Mar 14-16 26 $248.2K −27.9% 277 $896 $257.8M

15 Mar 21-23 34 $135.5K −45.4% 224 $604 $258.0M

16 Mar 28-30 33 $103.6K −23.5% 185 $559 $258.2M

17 Apr 4-6 43 $60.7K −41.4% 130 $467 $258.3M

18 Apr 11-13 54 $27.4K −54.9% 101 $271 $258.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 12 $8.8M — $8.8M — — -1

Fri Dec 13 $31.2M — $31.2M 3,903 $7,991 1

Sat Dec 14 $24.4M −22% $55.6M 3,903 $6,259 2

Sun Dec 15 $18.0M −26% $73.6M 3,903 $4,618 3

Mon Dec 16 #1 $6.2M −66% $79.8M 3,903 $1,589 4

Tue Dec 17 #1 $6.3M +2% $86.1M 3,903 $1,612 5

Wed Dec 18 #2 $4.9M −23% $91.0M 3,903 $1,244 6

Thu Dec 19 #2 $5.0M +4% $96.0M 3,903 $1,293 7

Fri Dec 20 #2 $8.6M +71% −72% $104.7M 3,928 $2,196 8

Sat Dec 21 #1 $12.3M +42% −50% $116.9M 3,928 $3,123 9

Sun Dec 22 #1 $10.6M −14% −41% $127.6M 3,928 $2,700 10

Mon Dec 23 $7.8M −26% +26% $135.4M 3,928 $1,991 11

Tue Dec 24 $5.3M −33% −16% $140.6M 3,928 $1,340 12

Wed Dec 25 $9.3M +77% +92% $149.9M 3,928 $2,369 13

Thu Dec 26 #1 $10.5M +13% +109% $160.5M 3,928 $2,679 14

Fri Dec 27 #2 $10.0M −5% +16% $170.5M 3,928 $2,547 15

Sat Dec 28 #1 $10.6M +6% −14% $181.1M 3,928 $2,694 16

Sun Dec 29 #1 $8.4M −20% −20% $189.5M 3,928 $2,148 17

Mon Dec 30 $6.5M −23% −17% $195.9M 3,928 $1,658 18

Tue Dec 31 $5.5M −15% +5% $201.4M 3,928 $1,407 19

Wed Jan 1 #2 $7.8M +41% −16% $209.2M 3,928 $1,983 20

Thu Jan 2 #2 $4.1M −48% −62% $213.3M 3,928 $1,031 21

Fri Jan 3 $5.1M +26% −49% $218.4M 3,730 $1,366 22

Sat Jan 4 $6.7M +31% −37% $225.0M 3,730 $1,788 23

Sun Jan 5 $3.9M −41% −54% $228.9M 3,730 $1,047 24

Mon Jan 6 #3 $1.3M −67% −80% $230.2M 3,730 $348 25

Tue Jan 7 #3 $1.6M +21% −72% $231.8M 3,730 $420 26

Wed Jan 8 #4 $1.2M −25% −85% $233.0M 3,730 $314 27

Thu Jan 9 #3 $1.1M −6% −73% $234.1M 3,730 $296 28

Fri Jan 10 #8 $2.0M +85% −60% $236.1M 3,075 $665 29

Sat Jan 11 #5 $3.7M +80% −45% $239.8M 3,075 $1,199 30

Sun Jan 12 #3 $2.3M −38% −41% $242.1M 3,075 $743 31

Mon Jan 13 #6 $618.2K −73% −52% $242.7M 3,075 $201 32

Tue Jan 14 #6 $783.2K +27% −50% $243.5M 3,075 $254 33

Wed Jan 15 #6 $594.5K −24% −49% $244.1M 3,075 $193 34

Thu Jan 16 #6 $597.2K n/c −46% $244.7M 3,075 $194 35

Fri Jan 17 #13 $894.2K +50% −56% $245.6M 1,815 $492 36

Sat Jan 18 #12 $1.8M +96% −53% $247.3M 1,815 $964 37

Sun Jan 19 #11 $1.1M −39% −54% $248.4M 1,815 $583 38

Mon Jan 20 #11 $835.2K −21% +35% $249.2M 1,815 $460 39

Tue Jan 21 #12 $321.2K −62% −59% $249.6M 1,815 $176 40

Wed Jan 22 #12 $247.3K −23% −58% $249.8M 1,815 $136 41

Thu Jan 23 #12 $250.5K +1% −58% $250.1M 1,815 $137 42

Fri Jan 24 #15 $500.3K +100% −44% $250.6M 1,285 $389 43

Sat Jan 25 #12 $1.0M +100% −43% $251.6M 1,285 $779 44

Sun Jan 26 #11 $645.9K −35% −39% $252.2M 1,285 $502 45

Mon Jan 27 #16 $162.2K −75% −81% $252.4M 1,285 $126 46

Tue Jan 28 #15 $213.0K +31% −34% $252.6M 1,285 $165 47

Wed Jan 29 #18 $159.8K −25% −35% $252.7M 1,285 $124 48

Thu Jan 30 #18 $168.5K +5% −33% $252.9M 1,285 $131 49

Fri Jan 31 #19 $337.6K +100% −33% $253.2M 933 $361 50

Sat Feb 1 #15 $657.1K +95% −34% $253.9M 933 $704 51

Sun Feb 2 #14 $240.3K −63% −63% $254.1M 933 $257 52

Mon Feb 3 #17 $108.1K −55% −33% $254.2M 933 $115 53

Tue Feb 4 #18 $124.5K +15% −42% $254.4M 933 $133 54

Wed Feb 5 #18 $102.4K −18% −36% $254.5M 933 $109 55

Thu Feb 6 #18 $110.3K +8% −35% $254.6M 933 $118 56

Fri Feb 7 #21 $157.7K +43% −53% $254.7M 537 $293 57

Sat Feb 8 $327.0K +107% −50% $255.1M 537 $609 58

Sun Feb 9 $203.4K −38% −15% $255.3M 537 $378 59

Mon Feb 10 $66.2K −67% −39% $255.3M 537 $123 60

Tue Feb 11 $69.5K +5% −44% $255.4M 537 $129 61

Wed Feb 12 $42.2K −39% −59% $255.5M 537 $78 62

Thu Feb 13 $49.1K +17% −55% $255.5M 537 $91 63

Fri Feb 14 $143.6K +192% −9% $255.6M 285 $503 64

Sat Feb 15 $198.0K +38% −39% $255.8M 285 $694 65

Sun Feb 16 $155.9K −21% −23% $256.0M 285 $547 66

Mon Feb 17 $108.8K −30% +64% $256.1M 285 $381 67

Tue Feb 18 $43.2K −60% −38% $256.1M 285 $151 68

Wed Feb 19 $34.5K −20% −18% $256.2M 285 $120 69

Thu Feb 20 $34.4K n/c −30% $256.2M 285 $120 70

Fri Feb 21 $74.9K +118% −48% $256.3M 266 $281 71

Sat Feb 22 $139.8K +87% −29% $256.4M 266 $525 72

Sun Feb 23 $78.4K −44% −50% $256.5M 266 $294 73

Mon Feb 24 $24.4K −69% −78% $256.5M 266 $91 74

Tue Feb 25 $32.3K +32% −25% $256.6M 266 $121 75

Wed Feb 26 $25.5K −21% −26% $256.6M 266 $95 76

Thu Feb 27 $29.1K +14% −15% $256.6M 266 $109 77

Fri Feb 28 $52.8K +81% −30% $256.7M 215 $245 78

Sat Mar 1 $100.2K +90% −28% $256.8M 215 $465 79

Sun Mar 2 $60.2K −40% −23% $256.8M 215 $279 80

Mon Mar 3 $21.1K −65% −13% $256.9M 215 $98 81

Tue Mar 4 $28.5K +35% −12% $256.9M 215 $132 82

Wed Mar 5 $18.2K −36% −28% $256.9M 215 $84 83

Thu Mar 6 $24.3K +33% −16% $256.9M 215 $113 84

Fri Mar 7 $87.3K +259% +66% $257.0M 333 $262 85

Sat Mar 8 $156.3K +79% +56% $257.2M 333 $469 86

Sun Mar 9 $100.6K −36% +67% $257.3M 333 $302 87

Mon Mar 10 $38.0K −62% +80% $257.3M 333 $114 88

Tue Mar 11 $44.1K +16% +55% $257.4M 333 $132 89

Wed Mar 12 $36.4K −17% +100% $257.4M 333 $109 90

Thu Mar 13 $41.4K +14% +70% $257.4M 333 $124 91

Fri Mar 14 $68.4K +65% −22% $257.5M 277 $246 92

Sat Mar 15 $110.0K +61% −30% $257.6M 277 $397 93

Sun Mar 16 $69.8K −37% −31% $257.7M 277 $251 94

Mon Mar 17 $22.3K −68% −41% $257.7M 277 $80 95

Tue Mar 18 $27.6K +24% −37% $257.7M 277 $99 96

Wed Mar 19 $23.6K −15% −35% $257.8M 277 $85 97

Thu Mar 20 $24.5K +4% −41% $257.8M 277 $88 98

Fri Mar 21 $35.7K +45% −48% $257.8M 224 $159 99

Sat Mar 22 $59.6K +67% −46% $257.9M 224 $266 100

Sun Mar 23 $40.2K −32% −42% $257.9M 224 $179 101

Mon Mar 24 $14.9K −63% −33% $257.9M 224 $66 102

Tue Mar 25 $16.0K +7% −42% $257.9M 224 $71 103

Wed Mar 26 $15.8K −1% −33% $258.0M 224 $70 104

Thu Mar 27 $16.8K +6% −32% $258.0M 224 $74 105

Fri Mar 28 $28.8K +72% −19% $258.0M 185 $155 106

Sat Mar 29 $47.9K +66% −20% $258.1M 185 $258 107

Sun Mar 30 $26.9K −44% −33% $258.1M 185 $145 108

Mon Mar 31 $10.1K −62% −32% $258.1M 185 $54 109

Tue Apr 1 $10.0K −1% −37% $258.1M 185 $54 110

Wed Apr 2 $10.0K −1% −37% $258.1M 185 $53 111

Thu Apr 3 $10.2K +2% −39% $258.1M 185 $55 112

Fri Apr 4 $17.6K +72% −39% $258.1M 130 $135 113

Sat Apr 5 $25.7K +46% −46% $258.2M 130 $197 114

Sun Apr 6 $17.5K −32% −35% $258.2M 130 $134 115

Mon Apr 7 $5.0K −71% −50% $258.2M 130 $38 116

Tue Apr 8 $5.5K +9% −45% $258.2M 130 $42 117

Wed Apr 9 $4.8K −12% −51% $258.2M 130 $37 118

Thu Apr 10 $5.3K +9% −48% $258.2M 130 $40 119

Fri Apr 11 $7.4K +40% −58% $258.2M 101 $73 120

Sat Apr 12 $12.3K +66% −52% $258.2M 101 $122 121

Sun Apr 13 $7.6K −38% −56% $258.2M 101 $75 122

Mon Apr 14 $2.3K −70% −55% $258.2M 101 $22 123

Tue Apr 15 $2.7K +17% −52% $258.2M 101 $26 124

Wed Apr 16 $2.8K +6% −42% $258.2M 101 $27 125

Thu Apr 17 $3.8K +33% −29% $258.2M 101 $37 126

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

Cumulative total$256.2M

Dec 12Dec 30Jan 16Feb 3Feb 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $497.5K

$73.6M

$31.5M

$29.0M

$15.7M

$8.0M

$3.7M

$2.1M

$1.2M

$688.2K

$497.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,928 → 285 −92.7%

3,903 open285 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.7%

−57.2%

W1→2

−7.9%

W2→3

−46.0%

W3→4

−48.8%

W4→5

−53.8%

W5→6

−42.0%

W6→7

−42.5%

W7→8

−44.3%

W8→9

−27.7%

W9→10

Steepest −57.2%Best hold −7.9%

Run milestones

$200M in 19 days

$100M

Day 8

Dec 20

$200M

Day 19

Dec 31

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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