Oh and The Hobbit Part 1 is NOT getting anywhere near $2 Billion.
Attendance is going to fall heavily compared to Lord Of The Rings.
I can see it going over a Billion due to sheer brand value...Return Of the King back in 2003 had an astonishing OS gross of around $740 Million so I can totally see 3D + Inflation over 9 years making it huge Overseas...but due to sheer fall in attendance it will probably end up with $800 Million. Domestic it'll do around $350-400 Million making a worldwide gross of $1.2 Billion likely.
But if The Hobbit can match the LOTR films in terms of word of mouth the figure can go higher...and Hobbit PArt 2 can be enormous.
Absolute Max I see Hobbit Part 1 doing is $1.5 Million ($1 Billion OS, $450 Million Domestic) if absolutely EVERYTHING goes on a great scale for it and thus it will top the year. But figures higher than that are simply too hard to imagine.
I want to see your breakdown of that $2 Billion prediction...how much from domestic? how much from overseas?
To meet that figure Domestic will need to be in excess of $600 Million (more than any LOTR films adjusted or even TDK/TPM the other non-cameron megabusters of the modern era) & overseas will have to be around $1.4 Billion...which is lol.
