THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Crosses $100 Million Mark On 5th Day Of Release

Following its record-breaking opening weekend, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY has crossed the $100 million mark, domestically, on only its 5^th day in release. To date, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY has earned $100.2 million domestically and $170 million internationally for a worldwide total of over $270 million, and climbing.

From Academy Award^®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, the first of a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The three films tell a continuous story set in Middle-earth 60 years before “The Lord of the Rings,” which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar^®-winning “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.”

The film stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis.