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THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Crosses The $550 Million Mark – We Are Movie Geeks

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THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Crosses The $550 Million Mark

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THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES has charged past the half-billion mark in only its second week in worldwide release. A production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), the film has taken in an astounding global total of $573.6 million and counting.

The conclusion to Peter Jackson’s acclaimed “The Hobbit” Trilogy, based on the timeless classic by J.R.R. Tolkien, THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES has continued to play to sold-out houses in North America, where the film has earned an estimated $168.5 million domestically to date and is still #1 at the box office.

Internationally, the film has grossed an estimated $405.1 million as it continues its roll out, setting records and/or topping the box office in countries around the globe, including Germany, Spain, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Holland, Switzerland and Austria, to name only a few. The film just opened on December 26 in Australia, Poland and Iceland, with much-anticipated release dates upcoming in Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela on January 1, and China on January 23, 2015.

Scores of moviegoers worldwide are also opting to experience the adventure in the immersive IMAX format. On the heels of its record-breaking IMAX opening, THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES has gone on to earn $25 million on 360 domestic screens, and $23 million on 228 screens overseas, including a Christmas day record of $1.02 million, for a global total of $48 million.

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, are below. (Rentrak)

  1. Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Warner Bros. – $130.6M
  2. Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb – 20th Century Fox – $50.9M
  3. Exodus: Gods And Kings – 20th Century Fox – $37.8M
  4. Unbroken – Universal – $34.4M
  5. Into The Woods – Disney – $32.6M
  6. Big Hero 6 – Disney – $29.6M
  7. Taking Of Tiger Mountain, The – Bona Film – $25.0M
  8. Annie – Sony – $22.5M
  9. Penguins Of Madagascar – 20th Century Fox – $19.4M
  10. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The – Multiple – $17.9M
  11. P.K. – UTV Communications – $17.8M
  12. International Market – CJ Entertainment – $14.0M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, are below.

  1. Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Warner Bros. – $41.4M
  2. Unbroken – Universal – $31.7M
  3. Into The Woods – Disney – $31.0M
  4. Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb – 20th Century Fox – $20.6M
  5. Annie – Sony – $16.6M
  6. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The – Lionsgate – $10.0M
  7. Gambler, The – Paramount – $9.3M
  8. Imitation Game, The – The Weinstein Company – $7.9M
  9. Exodus: Gods And Kings – 20th Century Fox – $6.8M
  10. Wild – Fox Searchlight – $5.4M
  11. Big Hero 6 – Disney – $4.9M
  12. Top Five – Paramount – $3.8M
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