The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey OS Thread: OVER 1B WW!

[A Marvel Fanboy]

So 40M avg for Sat/Sun? Quite an increase from Friday.

Fri is 30M. Movies increase 60%+ on Sat usually.

[CJohn]

So 40M avg for Sat/Sun? Quite an increase from Friday.

That usually happens OS. Saturday probably touched 50M OS.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

TA/Skyfall had close to 100% Sat bump if I remember right.

Edited December 17, 2012 by firedeep

[Olive]

In TaipeiTH1 OW TW$16.1MLoP 4th weekend tw$15.7m

[Olive]

Usually, if a Hollywood movie does not do well in Taiwan and HK, it won't gross big in Mainland China .

Edited December 17, 2012 by Olive

[Robertron]

Someone should update the title...Just sayin..

[A Marvel Fanboy]

[POLYLOVE]

Usually, if a Hollywood movie does not do well in Taiwan and HK, it won't gross big in Mainland China .

[fmpro]

Well.. Did not see that comming..hobbit broke OW here in lc...Legs will be incredible here no doubtEdit: Denmark just under 4 mill

Edited December 17, 2012 by fmpro

[Tower]

Well.. Did not see that comming..hobbit broke OW here in lc...Legs will be incredible here no doubtEdit: Denmark just under 4 mill

Wow, the Israeli market is terrible in comparison, nothing ever opened over 1.5M, much less 4M, and there are more people here. Edited December 17, 2012 by Tower

[teardropmina]

LoP is huge in Taiwan mainly because of Ang Lee (our national hero); the film has a chance to beat TDKR in Taiwan.LotR films were very popular in Taiwan; RotK grossed NT$ 400m (unadjusted). judging from TH1's ok opening, worse than BD2 and Skyfall, TH1 probably won't even get to half of RotK's final gross. If you do count TH1 as LotR films, then it really does poorly.LotR movies were never really big in HK, and so TH1's average BO run is somewhat expected.in mainland China though, it's difficult to really tell whether the reception of LotR will affect TH1. LotR trilogy was before China cinema market fully "exploded." the top 30 highest grossing films there are all released after 2008, with Titanic as the only exception. RotK grossed just a bit higher than Day After Tomorrow back in 2004~ so maybe, TH1 has a chance to be big now; China currently is a market where Expendable 2 is only behind TDKR slightly...so who knows?

[Elessar]

hobbit broke OW here in lc...

What is lc?

[Bluebomb]

LotR movies were never really big in HK, and so TH1's average BO run is somewhat expected.

First off, you're comparing a gross from 2003 and before to now. There's no way that if ROTK were to be released today, it would make only 4.9m.LOL at LotR series never being big. ROTK was the #1 film of 2003. Let's not forget that SARS crippled the industry in 2003 and ROTK still increased from TTT by 1.5m. Edited December 17, 2012 by Bluebomb

[teardropmina]

First off, you're comparing a gross from 2003 and before to now. There's no way that if ROTK were to be released today, it would make only 4.9m.LOL at LotR series never being big. ROTK was the #1 film of 2003. Let's not forget that SARS crippled the industry in 2003 and ROTK still increased from TTT by 1.5m.

ok, find the 2003 record. RotK did have a big jump. but I'm not sure about it's the RotK being big or the whole series being big. in any event, if you do think LotR is big in HK, and consider TH1 as one...then, well, it's doing so-so business. as for the "if RotK were released today"...that's a moot point to argue since it can never be proved or disproved..

[A Marvel Fanboy]

What is lc?

local currency.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

First off, you're comparing a gross from 2003 and before to now. There's no way that if ROTK were to be released today, it would make only 4.9m.LOL at LotR series never being big. ROTK was the #1 film of 2003. Let's not forget that SARS crippled the industry in 2003 and ROTK still increased from TTT by 1.5m.

The bigger ROTK was in 2003, the more disappointing Hobbit it makes.

[fishstick]

There`s absolutely no reason to compare TH to Shriekapoo. Shriekapoo was not a regular LOTR. Regular LOTR was making $500+ mio range OS. Shriekapoo jumped to $740 mio OS because of a) conclusion factor and 11 oscars sweep. oscar win helped eneormously as did sweeping other awards and pretty much being constantly in the media praised as the best thing ever. So if TH ended under $700 mio that wouldn`t be unheard of for the franchise except that inflation and 3D make it less impressive. But Shriekapoo was an exception, not a rule, just like DH2`s OS was an exception, not the HP rule.Moreover, none of LOTR movies was released day-and-date OS which means they had steam for few months because of added markets. TH is released day-and-date in 56 markets with very few left to add up to total. So burnout factor is bigger here holidays or not. It has to make more up front because there are not many markets left to compensate.Finally, to suggest that TH is a wait-and-see movie and not a fandom rush one is a huge spin of lower than expected numbers. TH has built-in fanbase from the book and overlap fanbase from LOTR books and movies. So everyone who wanted to see it has already seen it. Holidays will soften drops because they always do but I have a feelings some people here expect mirracle, some sudden unnatural increase in interest.

[Elessar]

Awards didn't help ROTK all that much. Again, this is not an indie movie that needs awards to put it on the map. The finale factor had some impact, i guess. One big reason for the jump were the exchange rates. FOTR and TTT did $550m+ OS, btw.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

final factor + epic battles

[fishstick]

Awards didn't help ROTK all that much. Again, this is not an indie movie that needs awards to put it on the map. The finale factor had some impact, i guess. One big reason for the jump were the exchange rates. FOTR and TTT did $550m+ OS, btw.

$550+ mio and $740 mio show that $740 mio was an exceptional situation. My point is that TH should not be compared to that. It`s doing excatly like it`s supposed to. It`s a prequel. Numbers are respectable and in line with previous movies. Sorry that it isn`t enough for some.