Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has broken the $1 billion mark in worldwide earnings at the box office.

The movie was released on Dec. 14th in the states, and has now earned $1,001,134,992 in ticket sales worldwide. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has reached a domestic gross of $301.1 million since its release. “We could not be more proud to have reached this amazing benchmark,” Warner’s president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman said. “Together with our partners at MGM and New Line, everyone at Warner Bros. congratulates Peter Jackson and his entire cast and crew on the extraordinary success of this film.”

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey stars Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman, among many others, and is the 15th movie is history to earn more than $1 billion at the box office. Other recently released films that have reached that mark include 2012’s “Skyfall” at $1.1 billion, 2011’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” at $1.3 billion, and 2012’s “Marvel’s The Avengers” at $1.5 billion.

“Avatar” still holds the record in worldwide ticket sales. The 2009 smash hit made $2.78 billion, including $760.5 million in domestic sales. The only other film that has grossed more than $2 billion is 1997’s “Titanic,” which made $2.18 billion. Both were directed by James Cameron.

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“The Hobbit”, the first installment of the trilogy, is off to a slow start, but lovers of the novel will still enjoy the film.

The film begins with a brief explanation as to how the dwarves lost their home to Smaugthe dragon, and reintroduces viewers to the bucolic Shire and Bilbo, kinsman of Frodo from “Lord of the Rings”.

Bilbo’s happy life is disturb by Gandalf the Wizard and his band of rowdy dwarves. They disrupt Bilbo’s home by eating his food, playing Frisbee inside, and having burping contest. This begins the dark journey that lies ahead for Bilbo, but the the first third of the nearly three hour film is similar to a children’s special. The film is shot in 48 frames per second, which makes the images seem brighter and oddly fake. However, Most theaters will not be able to show that version of the film.

Bilbo leaves his home to take an adventure that leads him to meet up with mountain trolls, goblins, demonic wolves and more. Gollum, the creepy big eyed ring-loving creature, returns as the two play an abbreviated version of the book’s riddle game.

“The Hobbit” is meant to be a shorter book version of “The Lord of the Rings” made for children. However, Peter Jackson takes the film in  a darker direction. While the first film was off to a slow start, the trilogy is sure to appease the many lovers of the book trilogy.

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