Even with their Christmas Day releases and award season buzz, neither Django Unchained nor Les Miserables could knock The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey from the number one box office spot in its third week. Peter Jackson’s fantastic epic has now earned $222.7 million domestically with $32.9 million coming in over the weekend. The competition didn’t [...]
‘The Hobbit’ Scores All-Time Highest Grossing December Release
December 16, 2012 | Posted by
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has shattered the record for highest grossing release weekend in December, bringing in an estimated $84.8 million domestically, a figure that trumps even Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all-time, which released a week before Christmas in 2009. Overseas the film earned $138.2 million, giving The Hobbit a total of $223, [...]
The Hobbit’s New High Frame Rate Format Fails to Impress
December 11, 2012 | Posted by
Innovation doesn’t always breed success, and the production team behind The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is learning that the hard way. Director Peter Jackson’s fantasy epic utilizes new technology that displays visuals at 48 frames per second, twice the standard frame rate for movies over the last 80 years. Though the format is intended to [...]
‘An Unexpected Journey’, 1st of ‘Hobbit’ Trilogy, Advance Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow
November 6, 2012 | Posted by
On November 7, moviegoers are invited to get their “Hobbit” on. Warner Bros. has announced that advance tickets for “An Unexpected Journey” – the first installment in Peter Jackson’s forthcoming “Hobbit” trilogy – will go on sale this Wednesday at 12 pm Eastern. As an added bonus, the studio has also revealed that the extended [...]
Watch the New Trailer for ‘The Hobbit’—[Video]
September 19, 2012 | Posted by
“Lord of the Rings” fans have a new treat today, as Peter Jackson and his team of magical merlins have released a trailer for “The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey,” which is due in theaters on December 14. It’s taken nine months for the trailer to make its way to the public, and by all accounts [...]
Fantasy Fans Expect a Treat from Peter Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’
July 19, 2012 | Posted by
Fantasy fans expect a treat from “The Hobbit.” Peter Jackson raised the bar for fantasy popularity 11 years ago with the first of three The Lord of the Rings films. With his latest J.R.R Tolkien adaptation, he aims to do the same with a new movie technology. Directed by Jackson, the LOTR prequel The Hobbit: [...]
100,000 ‘Geeks’ Gather in San Diego for Epic Comic-Con Convention
July 8, 2012 | Posted by
Starting this Thursday, American “geek” culture will make the San Diego Convention Center its Mecca, when over 100,000 fans and industry celebrities appear for the San Diego Comic Convention. Names like Oscar-winner Peter Jackson will be in attendance, as giants in the TV, film, video game and comic book industries prepare to celebrate their brands [...]
