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

Updated: The first film became the second fastest film to reach the $1 billion mark after "Avatar", and the first film in the ffranchise to 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 became the first film in the franchise to reach the $1 billion mark at the global box office.

Final Rush Part 2 crosses the milestone on Saturday. It made another $9 million overseas giving its total to $681 million. aving grossed $325.4 million domestically, it gives a total global of $1.006 billion, ranking it currently 8th of all-time moving ahead of The Dark Knight and just behind Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Toy Story 3 four more. It was 7 days shy on reaching Avatar (17 days) to become the fastest film to reach the milestone.

Final Rush Part 2 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 reach the $1 billion mark by Saturday, which is two weeks after it's release. It's currently up to $296 million, $645 million overseas, and a global total of $948 million. Potter will be breaking Avatar's record to become the fastest film to reach 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 should take a couple of weeks to overtake them both. Estimated to gross anywhere from $345-50 million, it will not reach the $400 million mark domestically like Toy Story 3 did last year with it's total to $415 million.

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). Final Rush Part 2 will go first.