{"id":2958,"date":"2013-01-15T03:23:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T03:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2013-01-15T03:24:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T03:24:51","slug":"the-hobbit-nails-down-china-release-date-opens-in-february-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/the-hobbit-nails-down-china-release-date-opens-in-february-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->The Hobbit&#8217; Nails Down China Release Date, Opens in February 22nd<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en-->A strong China run should guarantee that\u00a0<em>The Hobbit\u2019\u00a0<\/em>crosses the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. Through Sunday, the film has crossed $278.2 million domestically and $609.3 million worldwide for a total $887.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey\u201d has secured a Feb. 22 opening in China, the last major market for the New Line-MGM tentpole.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. disclosed the date Monday as part of updating the international results with $26.2 million in its fifth weekend at 10,370 screens in 64 markets, bringing the foreign cume to $609.3 million. Domestic cume is $278.2 million for a worldwide total of $887.5 million, 27th highest all-time.<\/p>\n<p>Top five-week cumes for \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d are $79.8 million in Germany, $78.4 million in Germany, $42.1 million in France and $41.6 million in Russia. It has grossed $36 million in Australia after three weekends.<\/p>\n<p>Sony-MGM\u2019s \u201cSkyfall\u201d will open Jan. 21 launch in China, nearly three months after the Bondpic rolled out in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood tentpoles \u2014 and especially those released in 3D \u2014 have been doing huge business in China, where moviegoing is flourishing thanks to an exploding middle class.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"400\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.tudou.com\/o\/S3m4f_4gCFs\/&resourceId=0_05_0_99&iid=130662980&bid=05\/v.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><embed width=\"480\" height=\"400\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tudou.com\/o\/S3m4f_4gCFs\/&resourceId=0_05_0_99&iid=130662980&bid=05\/v.swf\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" \/><\/object><!--:--><!--:cn--><\/p>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strong China run should guarantee that\u00a0The Hobbit\u2019\u00a0crosses the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. Through Sunday, the film has crossed $278.2 million domestically and $609.3 million worldwide for a total $887.5 million. \u201cThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey\u201d has secured a Feb. 22 opening in China, the last major market for the New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Hobbit&#039; Nails Down China Release Date, Opens in February 22nd - FTA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ft-agency.com\/wordpress\/the-hobbit-nails-down-china-release-date-opens-in-february-22nd\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oliver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ft-agency.com\\\/wordpress\\\/the-hobbit-nails-down-china-release-date-opens-in-february-22nd\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ft-agency.com\\\/wordpress\\\/the-hobbit-nails-down-china-release-date-opens-in-february-22nd\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Oliver\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ft-agency.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f076e4c00545b6ff0cb77e74c9bb28ad\"},\"headline\":\"The Hobbit&#8217; 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