The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies box office performance

Peter Jacksons The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was released in December 2014. It is the third and final installment in the three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, following An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Desolation of Smaug (2013). The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures worldwide on December 10, 2014 and on December 17, 2014 in North America.
Box office forecast
Worldwide
In early 2014, a survey conducted by Ray Subers of Box Office Mojo forecasted that The Battle of the Five Armies (then known as There and Back Again) could earn $1 billion at the box office with a 55% odds as series conclusions tend to draw more audiences with the notable examples of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, all of which saw an immense upsurge in revenue over its predecessors. Other noteworthy films which were predicted to earn $1 billion included Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Godzilla, Maleficent, Guardians of the Galaxy, Interstellar and Big Hero 6. However, all of the afformentioned films failed to reach the $1 billion mark at the box office except for Transformers: Age of Extinction which grossed $1.087 billion.
North America
Prior to its North American release, analysts predicted the film would be a box office success, citing effective marketing, good word-of-mouth publicity and a solid release date. Early critics and box office trackers predicted that the film could earn $70 - $80 million in its opening weekend while Box Office Mojo estimated a $91 - $100 million five-day opening and a $235 million total domestic gross could be attainable. Once actual grosses from Tuesday midnight to Friday were known, Variety estimated an $88 million five-day opening could be achieved. Prior to its weekend debut Scott Mendelson of Forbes noted the similarities of the daily box office performances with 2003's The Matrix Revolutions and 2006's Superman Returns both of which earned more or less the same as The Battle of the Five Armies on a daily basis and taking evidences from the aforementioned film's Thursday preview night gross, opening day gross and Friday earnings he concluded that a $52 million three-day and an $86 million five-day opening could be possible. Based on digital tracking done by Moviepilot, data obtained from social sites like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google showed that the film was heading towards No. 1 at the box office ahead of newly released Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Annie both of which were on par with each other.
Box office performance
Worldwide
The film reached a milestone of $100 million in 4 days and $300 million in 12 days.
Other territories
The film began its international rollout a week prior to its wide North American release.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was released internationally across 15,395 screens. In its opening weekend of release overseas (December 12-14), the film performed well earning $122.2 million from 37 markets (including the revenue it earned from its first two days of release) topping the box office and outperformed the previous two installments on a local currency and admissions basis for which 3D accounted 71% of the total gross. and The Desolation of Smaug ($135.4 million) - both on a dollar basis. It set a record for the biggest December IMAX opening with $6.4 million across 160 IMAX screens. (previously held by An Unexpected Journey with $5.03 million).<ref name="Deadline"/> Among the notable territories, Germany accounted for $20.5 million, the UK contributed $15.2 million, France added $15.05 million, and Russia amassed $13.75 million, ranking as the biggest Warner Bros. opening ever in the country.<ref name="BO"/>

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