'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' Grossed Over $600 Million 

'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' Grossed Over $600 Million

The final chapter in "The Hobbit," also the final venture into Middle-earth, is turning out to be quite the winner for Warner Bros. and director Peter Jackson. The film is approaching the $700 million mark.

 continues to do well at the box office despite the release of several new films on Christmas Day.

 could gross $600 million before the end of 2014, and it will only have a short window to reach $700 million.

 managed to earn $89.2 million from 62 territories across the world, which pushed its global earnings to $573.2 million. Warner Bros. is hoping that the third film in the trilogy might fend off competition to gross $1 billion worldwide. With the film being the most terrible of the three, despite having a 45-minute battle at the end, we have doubts the $1 billion threshold would be crossed.

Peter Jackson\'s final trek into Middle-earth is doing quite well overseas as it grossed $11.7 million in Germany and $10.1 million in Australia. At the moment, Warner Bros. is preparing to launch the film in China. Chances are, that is the territory the studio is hoping will push the movie to that $1 billion mark.

(Photo : Warner Bros.) With "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" being the most terrible of the three, despite having a 45-minute battle at the end, we have doubts the $1 billion threshold would be crossed.

 in the amount of money grossed outside the United States. The film has so far only grossed $149.5 million worldwide while it is an almost complete flop in the U.S. Things are more on edge for

 since several countries in the Middle East have banned the movie.

. This film is another disappointment at the box office, and like

, Fox, the studio behind the movie, is making attempts to recuperate production cost in overseas markets.

We expect a different view of the box office in January 2015, as the likes of

 are gearing up for launch. We hope one of these films kick out

With all the big movies scheduled for 2015, the box office should be booming by the end.

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\'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies\' Grossed Over $600 Million