{"id":67291,"date":"2012-12-15T14:26:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T19:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=67291"},"modified":"2012-12-15T14:28:59","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T19:28:59","slug":"boxofficemojo-com-the-hobbit-breaks-another-record-with-37-5-million-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/12\/15\/67291-boxofficemojo-com-the-hobbit-breaks-another-record-with-37-5-million-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"BoxOfficeMojo.com: &#8216;The Hobbit&#8217; Breaks Another Record with $37.5 Million Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-67292 no-lazyload\" title=\"THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbit02203-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbit02203-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbit02203-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/hobbit02203.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><em>Underscoring what seems to be a significant disconnect between fans and critics, early returns are in for our <a title=\"Submit your own Review!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/reviews\/\">Ringers Reviews<\/a> and &#8216;The Hobbit: AUJ&#8217; is showing an average of 4.6\/5 Rings with fans. The audiences seem to be just as excited based on this report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/news\/?id=3586&amp;p=.htm\">BoxOfficeMojo.com<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=hobbit.htm\">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0drew large crowds on Friday and set a new December opening day record with an estimated 37.5 million from 4,045 locations.<\/p>\n<p>The previous December record-holder was\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=returnoftheking.htm\">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King<\/a><\/strong>, which debuted to $34.5 million on a Wednesday in 2003.\u00a0<strong>The Hobbit<\/strong>\u00a0also opened noticeably higher than\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=twotowers.htm\">The Two Towers<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0($26.2 million), and grossed twice as much as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=fellowshipofthering.htm\">The Fellowship of the Ring<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0($18.2 million). With 3D\/IMAX premiums and a decade of inflation, though,\u00a0<strong>The Hobbit<\/strong>&#8216;s initial attendance was substantially lower than that of\u00a0<strong>Return of the King<\/strong>\u00a0and about on par with\u00a0<strong>The Two Towers<\/strong>. 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