The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends.
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $1.02B
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Production Design
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
Annie Awards
1 win
- WinnerAnnie Award
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey returned 4.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $250M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $1.02B
- Release date
- Dec 12, 2012
- Runtime
- 2h 49m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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