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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Directed byPeter Jackson
Screenplay by
Based onThe Battle of the Five Armies
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited byJabez Olssen
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 1 December 2014 (2014-12-01) (London premiere)
  • 11 December 2014 (2014-12-11) (New Zealand)
  • 17 December 2014 (2014-12-17) (United States)
Running time
144 minutes (theatrical)[1]
164 minutes (extended version)
Countries
  • New Zealand[2]
  • United States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$209–300 million[3][4][5]
Box office$962.2 million[6]

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic fantasy 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.

It it's the last and final installment of The Hobbit movie series directed by Peter Jackson.

The movie took in over $962.2 million overall. It got mostly positive reviews from critics.

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