User blog:Ceauntay/'Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush Part 2' Hits $1 Billion in Global Box Office

The first film in the franchise to reach the milestone in just three weeks after release, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" also reach the milestone.

In a depressing but lovely farewell to the most succesful superhero film franchise, Paramount’s Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush Part 2 is the first film in the franchise to reach the $1 billion mark at the global box office.

Final Rush Part 2 will cross the milestone on Saturday, having grossed $320.2 million domestically, overseas total is $672 million as of Thursday, for a total global of $992.2 million, ranking it currently 9th of all-time. It will also likely to see its overseas to rise up to more than $700 million easy with the film released in China today, setting to break box office records despite its widest-releases in that country and many tickets being sold, and could break Avatar's world record.

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' Hits $1 Billion in Global Box Office

Warner’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will also reach the $1 billion mark by Saturday, which is two weeks after it's release. It's currently up to $296 million, $630 million overseas, and a global total of $926 million. Hoop will not be as faster as Potter when it will reach the mark in just 18 days of release, comparing to Hoop's 25 days of release by reaching the milestone.

By the end of the weekend, Final Rush Part 2 should pass Transformers: Dark of the Moon's domestic total of $330 million to become the top earner of 2011 since it already pass The First's $311 million last weekend. As for Deathly Hallows Part 2, it will not yet reach Dark of the Moon and Final Rush Part 2 but will surprise Sorcerer's Stone (Philosopher's Stone overseas) with $317 million back in 2011, to become the top earner of the franchise.

It can likely to become the top earner of 2011 globally moving ahead of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1.032 billion). Still, the only film that can only make more than $1 billion to $2 billion is James Cameron's Avatar ($2.8 billion).