The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood.Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron.
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $956M
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: The Battle of the Five Armies 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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Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
Saturn Awards
1 win
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Fantasy Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies returned 3.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $250M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $956M
- Release date
- Dec 10, 2014
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand, United States of America
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