The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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The Hobbit:
The Battle of the Five Armies
Directed byPeter Jackson
Written by
Based onThe Battle of the Five Armies
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Produced by
  • Carolynne Cunningham
  • Zane Weiner
  • Peter Jackson
  • Fran Walsh
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited byJabez Olssen
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • December 17, 2014 (2014-12-17)
Running time
144 minutes
Countries
  • New Zealand
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250–300 million
Box office$962.2 million

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 action, fantasy and adventure movie. It is about the dwarves and Bilbo having accidentally released the dragon Smaug. Bard the Bowman breaks out of prison and fights Smaug. Lee Pace plays Thranduil. Orlando Bloom plays Legolas. Evangeline Lilly plays Tauriel. Christopher Lee plays Saruman. Hugo Weaving plays Elrond. Cate Blanchett plays Galadriel.

The movie took in over $962 million overall. It got mostly positive reviews from critics.

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