The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit:
The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: ; The Battle of the Five Armies
Directed by	Peter Jackson
Produced by	Carolynne Cunningham; Zane Weiner; Peter Jackson; Fran Walsh;
Written by	Fran Walsh; Peter Jackson; Phillipa Boyens; Guillermo del Toro;
Based on	The Battle of the Five Armies; by J.R.R. Tolkien
Starring	Ian McKellen; Martin Freeman; Richard Armitage; Evangeline Lilly; Luke Evans; Lee Pace; Benedict Cumberbatch; Ken Stott; Aidan Turner; Dean O'Gorman; Billy Connolly; Graham McTavish; James Nesbitt; Stephen Fry; Ryan Gage; Cate Blanchett; Ian Holm; Christopher Lee; Hugo Weaving; Orlando Bloom; Mikael Persbrandt; Sylvester McCoy; Peter Hambleton; John Callen; Mark Hadlow; Jed Brophy; William Kircher; Stephen Hunter; Adam Brown; John Bell; Manu Bennett; John Tui;
Music by	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Andrew Lesnie
Edited by	Jabez Olssen
Production; companies	New Line Cinema; Metro Goldwyn-Mayer; Wingnut Films;
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	December 17, 2014;
Running time	144 minutes
Country	New Zealand; United States;
Language	English
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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