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 published: 2013-03-04The Hobbit Crosses The $1 Billion Mark Worldwide The first Hobbit film is now the second-highest-grossing film in Jackson’s franchise, sitting behind Return of the King, which banked $1.1B back in 2003. Oddly enough, Fellowship and Two Towers failed to cross the $1B mark during their runs.  filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2013-02-20The Hobbit And Life Of Pi Lead Saturn Award Nominations It's famously difficult to get a sci-fi or fantasy film any major Oscar nominations, with the Lord of the Rings trilogy standing out as the one massive exception. But that's where the Saturn Awards can come in. The awards handed out by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, the Saturns find a way to honor the best in genre every year, and this year they've produced a list of nominees with a huge range filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2013-02-05The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug To Reveal First Footage In March Livestream Event The Blu-ray release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey won't just be a chance to see many, many hours of behind-the-scenes footage from the production of the massive movie. It will also be your first look at the next installment of the trilogy filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2013-01-15The Hobbit Has Made So Much That New Zealand Wants Its Money Back The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been out for little more than a month and yet has already pulled in more than $886 million worldwide. While this should be all around great news for film's director Peter Jackson and its distributor Warner Bros., its meteoric rise has inspired a rabblerousing politician to demand about $56 million dollars be refunded filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2012-12-30Weekend Box Office: Hobbit Lands Third Number One Against Les Mis and Django The holiday was mostly kind to the new releases that rolled out on Christmas Day, and much of that Christmas cheer managed to carry over to the pre-New Year's weekend. filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2012-12-23Weekend Box Office: New Movies Get Stockings Full of Coal With Christmas right around the corner and American audiences perhaps slightly more distracted by the specter of having just one weekend left to finish getting those last minute gifts, movie theaters were relatively quiet. That left four new arrivals with stockings full of coal at the pre-holiday box office. filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2012-12-21Christmas Movie Guide: How To Choose Between Jack Reacher, Django Unchained And More Going to the movies on Christmas Day is usually thought of as a tradition for Jews, or anybody else not celebrating the holiday who's got the day off. But really, no matter how you're spending the holiday, there's probably going to be a time that you want to get out of the house and away from the family or friends you've gathered with-- or maybe you want to take them with you, but just get to a place where you don't have to talk to them much. filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2012-12-18Science Explains Why The Hobbit Looks Weird In 48 Frames Per Second Movieline interviewed filmmaker James Kerwin, who also lectures on the science of film perception and consciousness. He explained that humans actually view reality at what would be a 66 frames-per-second calculation, so the human brain likely will adjust to the 48-frame presentation in time. filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2012-12-17Wait, Peter Jackson Actually Cut Scenes From The Hobbit? Surprisingly, there are chunks of footage Jackson reportedly planned to include in An Unexpected Journey, but left on the cutting-room floor. And as can usually be the case nowadays – when trailers and clips live on forever via the Internet – fans can single out shots that they thought they’d see in the final cut but didn’t. filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2012-12-17The Hobbit's Bizarre Budget Facts: Wigs, Weapons And Tons Of Coffee Shooting on location in New Zealand gave Jackson and company a rich expanse of wondrous landscapes in which they could set their scenes. Still, 99 sets were built with more than $9 million spent on their construction materials alone. From its large ensemble cast to the massive crew required for such a big-scale production, Jackson had a small army at work on the film, which explains 6,750 domestic flights, 93,000 nights in hotels, $1.5 million spent on food and $380,000 on coffee. filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2012-12-17Did The Hobbit Make Enough Money Over The Weekend? Maybe Not The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey made $85 million over the weekend in North America, and another $138 million overseas, which is an enormous sum of money by any measure. But is it possible it's not actually enough? filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 published: 2012-12-16Weekend Box Office: The Hobbit Scores December Record But Falls Short On Ticket Sales Everyone expected this weekend's highly anticipated release of the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, part one of Peter Jackson's trilogized interpretation of Tolkien's one book story, to be a major financial success. But was it really as successful as everyone thought? filed under: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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