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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic high fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro.It is the third and final installment in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. Tolkien, following An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Desolation of Smaug (2013),. The scene is set for an epic battle at the ruins of Dale as the Elves, Dwarves and Men unite to take on the fearsome Orc army. Keep watch for advancing Orcs from the look-out tower. Let battle rage between good and evil as the Orcs shoot giant arrows from the crossbow of their massive mobile battle machine.
. New Zealand. United StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$250–300 millionBox office$956 millionThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 film directed by and written by Jackson,. It is the third and final installment in Peter Jackson's based on the novel by, following (2012) and (2013), and together, they act as a to Jackson's.It was produced by, and, and distributed by Pictures. The Battle of the Five Armies was released on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand, 12 December 2014 in the United Kingdom, and on 17 December 2014 in the United States.
It stars,. The also features,. The film was the final film featuring Christopher Lee that was released in his lifetime and was his final onscreen appearance.The film received mixed reviews, and grossed over $956 million worldwide, making it the (behind ). At the, the film received a nomination for. Further information:The Hobbit was originally envisioned as a two-part film, but Jackson confirmed plans for a third film on 30 July 2012, turning his adaptation of The Hobbit into a trilogy. According to Jackson, the third film would contain the Battle of the Five Armies and make extensive use of the appendices that Tolkien wrote to expand the story of (published in the back of ). Jackson also stated that while the third film would largely make use of footage originally shot for the first and second films, it would require additional filming as well.
The third film was titled There and Back Again in August 2012. In April 2014, Jackson changed the title of the film to The Battle of the Five Armies as he thought the new title better suited the situation of the film. He stated on his page, ' There and Back Again felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo's arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived 'there' in the Desolation of Smaug.' Shaun Gunner, the chairman of, supported the decision: ' The Battle of the Five Armies much better captures the focus of the film but also more accurately channels the essence of the story.' Main article:As with all the previous films, composed the score.
Conrad Pope (who conducted the orchestra) and James Sizemore orchestrated the music for the and for two orchestra, while the and Tiffin' Boys choir were recorded in, London. The score featured a few new themes for Dain, Gundabad (featuring a 'chorus' of didgeridoos) and the Dwarves' war preparations, but focused more on blending and clashing the themes against one another, eventually bringing the themes to a resolution., who played in, wrote and recorded the song 'The Last Goodbye' to be played over the end credits of the film. Distribution Marketing A teaser trailer for the film was released on 28 July 2014 attached to,. The second theatrical trailer was released on 6 November 2014 attached to. To promote the film's release, Wellington-based club, wore a special designed jersey to commemorate the opening of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies.
The custom, film-themed jersey was worn only once, on 13 December 2014. In the film's Japanese release on 13 December, Warner Bros. Collaborated with mobile gaming company A-Lim to bring Bilbo, Gandalf, and Legolas into the game at the end of December as Vortex Dungeon units. The campaign only ran until February 2015.
Smaug made a guest appearance, animated by WETA and voiced again by Cumberbatch, on the satire show on 12 December 2014 to promote the film. Video games Two video games were developed to coincide with the film's theatrical release.
A tie-in fighting video game The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies – Fight for Middle Earth was released simultaneously with the film for and platforms to negative reviews from critics and users. An video game was released for, & in October 2014 and for and on 21 November, nearly a week prior to the film's world in London, on 1 December. The events of the game take place directly after fled to, escaping, which was shown at the beginning of the film.
The game was planned to act as an overlap between and.Theatrical release Initially the film was set for a July 2014 release; however, it was later pushed back to December. The world premiere of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was held in at on 1 December 2014.
The film opened in theaters on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand, on 12 December in the United Kingdom and on 17 December in the United States. Warner Bros released the film on 18 December in Greece and 26 December, in Australia. The film was released in China on 23 January 2015. An extended edition of the film had a one-night-only re-release on 13 October 2015, accompanied by a special greeting from Peter Jackson. Home media The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was released on 6 March 2015 on Digital Release from digital retailers.
The and were released on 24 March 2015 in the United States. It topped the home video sales chart in its opening week. An Extended Edition of the film, with 20 minutes of additional footage and original music was released on Digital HD on 20 October and on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on 17 November 2015 in the United States and on 23 November 2015, in the United Kingdom. Rating Unlike the theatrical version's PG-13 rating, the Extended Edition was rated R by the MPAA for 'some violence'. It was likewise rated MA15+ by the for 'strong fantasy violence' and the granted a 15 certificate for 'strong violence', the only Middle Earth film with such ratings. Reception Box office Like its predecessors, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies became a financial success. It grossed a total of $255.1 million in North America and $700.9 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $956 million.
Worldwide, it is the (behind ), and the lowest-grossing film of The Hobbit series. Calculated the net profit of the film to be $103.4 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues. The film failed to earn $1 billion at the box office, despite various pundits projecting it to reach that milestone. Said that The Battle of the Five Armies was unlikely to gross $1 billion worldwide due to 'plunging exchange rates around the globe' witnessed that year, and that Warner Bros. And MGM ultimately would take in nearly $90 million less than expected due to the rising dollar and plunging foreign currencies. However, despite this failure, has declared the trilogy 'an unmitigated financial grand-slam for all parties.' North America In the U.S.
And Canada, it is the lowest-grossing of the three films of The Hobbit trilogy, and also the lowest-grossing of the six Middle-earth adaptations, but the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2014. It opened on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 across 3,100 theaters and widened to 3,875 the following day. It earned $11.2 million from Tuesday late-night shows, which is the second-highest of 2014, matching the numbers earned by and both behind ($17 million) of which $2.5 million of just over 22% came from IMAX showings. This broke the record for a Middle-earth adaptation previews previously set by The Desolation of Smaug with $8.8 million.
It then topped the box office on its opening day (Wednesday, 17 December 2014), earning $24.5 million (including previews), which is the third-highest Middle-earth adaptation Wednesday opening behind the Wednesday openings of ($34.5 million) and ($26.2 million). In total, the film earned $57.4 million in its traditional three-day opening and $89.1 million over its five-day course making it the second-biggest five-day opening in The Hobbit franchise, beating the $86.1 million opening of The Desolation of Smaug, but still behind An Unexpected Journey's $100.2 million five-day opening. However, on a three-day basis, the film underperformed expectations and fell short of its predecessors. The film set a December opening record with $13.4 million (previously held by ). 3D accounted for 49% of the total gross while IMAX generated 15% or $13.4 million over five days, and $7.4 million over three days, and premium large-format screens comprised 8% of the total opening-weekend gross with $7.2 million from 396 theaters. The film passed the $100 million mark on its seventh day (23 December 2014).
It became the third film of 2014 to earn $100 million in just under a week following 's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 ($168.7 million in its opening week) and /'s Guardians of the Galaxy ($134.4 million in its first week). It was in first place at the North American box office for three consecutive weekends despite facing competition from numerous new releases each weekend, but was finally overtaken by in its fourth weekend.
Outside North America The film began its international roll-out a week prior to its wide North American release. It opened Wednesday, 10 December 2014 in 11 European markets, earning $11.3 million and 11 December 2014 in 17 additional markets, earning $13.7 million, for a two-day total of $26.6 million and topped the charts in each of the territories. Through Sunday, 14 December 2015, it had an opening weekend total of $122.2 million from 37 countries in 15,395 screens, topping the box office and outperforming the previous two installments on a local currency and admissions basis. Seventy-one percent of the total gross ($86.7 million) came from 3D showings.
However, the overseas opening weekend was still lower than the openings of An Unexpected Journey ($138 million) and The Desolation of Smaug ($135.4 million) —both on a dollar basis. It set a December IMAX opening record with $6.4 million across 160 IMAX screens, previously held by An Unexpected Journey with $5.03 million. The film opened to an additional 59 countries in its second weekend and earned $109 million from 19,315 screens still holding the top spot and fell gradually by 13% as a result of facing minor competitions. In its third weekend, the film added a further $89 million abroad, remaining at number one.
It was in first place at the box office outside North America for four consecutive weekends and five in total.The film achieved numerous records in international markets during its opening weekend. It set an all-time Warner Bros. Opening record in Russia ($13.8 million), Argentina ($2.1 million), Sweden, and Finland.
It also set a 2014 opening record in Germany ($20.5 million), France ($15.1 million), and Spain ($6.3 million). It also had the best Middle-earth saga opening in the UK ($15.2 million), and Mexico ($6.3 million). In Brazil, the film scored the second-biggest Warner Bros. Opening of all time with $6.8 million (behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2).
In Australia, the film was released on 26 December 2014 and set an opening-day record with $5.6 million, which is the biggest of 2014, the second-biggest gross, and the fourth-biggest ever in Australia behind ($7.092 million), The Avengers ($6.0 million), and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($5.9 million). It went on to earn $10.1 million in its opening weekend. The film set an all-time opening record for Warner Bros. In China where it earned $49.8 million in its opening weekend (a record previously held by ). IMAX generated $6.8 million of the total gross, which was once the second-highest IMAX three-day gross behind Transformers: Age of Extinction 's $10 million. Other high openings were recorded in Korea ($10.4 million), Poland ($5.6 million), Italy ($5.6 million), Malaysia ($3 million), and Taiwan ($2.8 million).
In total earnings, its largest markets are China ($121.7 million); UK, Ireland, and Malta ($61.3 million); and Australia ($27 million). Critical response reported that early reviews for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies were 'generally positive' with critics praising the film 'for its energy, shorter running time and satisfying closure'. According to, reviews for the film were mostly positive, with critics 'praising director Peter Jackson's effort at transforming J. Tolkien's fantasy novel into an epic adventure film trilogy'. According to, critics said the film 'will satisfy fans' but 'otherwise, it may be worth waiting until it's available to rent'.
Oliver Gettel of the said the critical consensus was that the film is 'a flawed but fitting finale to The Hobbit trilogy'. The website reported a 59% approval rating based on 256 reviews, with an average rating of 6.28/10. The website's consensus reads 'Though somewhat overwhelmed by its own spectacle, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ends Peter Jackson's second Middle-earth trilogy on a reasonably satisfying note.' The film also holds a score of 59 out of 100 based on 46 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. In polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of 'A–' on an A+ to F scale, the same score as its predecessor.Scott Foundas of said 'The result is at once the trilogy's most engrossing episode, its most expeditious (at a comparatively lean 144 minutes) and also its darkest—both visually and in terms of the forces that stir in the hearts of men, dwarves and orcs alike.' Todd McCarthy of said 'After six films, 13 years and 1031 minutes of accumulated running time, Peter Jackson has concluded his massively remunerative genuflection at the altar of J.R.R. Tolkien with a film that may be the most purely entertaining of any in the collection.'
Andrew Pulver of said 'This film is a fitting cap to an extended series that, if nothing else, has transformed Tolkien's place in the wider culture.' Chris Tilly from said 'There's a little too much padding in the final Hobbit flick, and the best sequence is without doubt the film's first. But the central battle is indeed spectacular, and as 'The Age of Orc' approaches, it rounds out this particular story in stirring and emotional fashion.' Russell Baillie of said The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is 'something less than the supposed 'defining chapter' of Jackson's time in Middle-earth as it's been billed.
But action-wise, it certainly goes out with a very pleasing bang.' Conversely, Inkoo Kang of said 'The 144-minute running time showcases Jackson's worst tendencies: eons-long battle scenes, sloppy and abrupt resolutions, portentous romances, off-rhythm comic timing, and, newly in this case, patience-testing fan service.' Tim Robey of described the film as 'a paragraph on steroids' that was 'neither very terrible nor remotely unexpected. It's a series of stomping footnotes in search of a climax.'
The 's Nicholas Barber wrote that with The Hobbit series, Jackson had succeeded in bridging the gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and that The Battle of the Five Armies was a 'colossal technical achievement', but he also criticized that the film as such was not compelling because of 'its repetitive battle scenes and a lack of plot'. Nicolas Rapold of said 'Bilbo may fully learn a sense of friendship and duty, and have quite a story to tell, but somewhere along the way, Mr. Jackson loses much of the magic.'
Accolades. Main article: YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.2014Truly Moving Picture AwardThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesWonPhoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Visual Effects, Scott ChambersNominated2015andNominatedThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesNominatedThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesNominatedThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesNominatedJoe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R.
Christopher WhiteNominatedDenver Film Critics SocietyBest Original Song,NominatedThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesNominatedPeter JacksonNominatedRichard ArmitageNominatedThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesNominatedThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesWonFran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, andNominatedWonNominatedNominated, and Gino AcevedoNominatedJoe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher WhiteNominatedReferences. 28 November 2014.
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Will not receive the expected downloadable expansion based on the final instalment of The Hobbit trilogy, publisher Warner Bros. Confirmed, leaving its story unresolved.' The LEGO: The Hobbit video game gives LEGO and Middle-earth fans a fun, new way to experience the legendary adventures of Bilbo and company as told in the first two films of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy,' the publisher said in a statement issued to.
'The game provides an excellent set-up for the concluding chapter of Peter Jackson’s film, The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. There are no plans to develop DLC based on the final film of the trilogy.”. Launching last April before the final movie’s cinematic release, LEGO: The Hobbit follows the storylines from the first two The Hobbit films: An Unexpected Journey and Desolation of Smaug and ends on a cliffhanger.A press release dated April 8, 2014 reveals that Warner Bros. Originally planned on concluding the game’s story with DLC based on third film, then titled There and Back Again: 'Additional content based on the third film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is planned to be available at a future release date.' We thought the adventure game immersed in the beloved Tolkien book did a great job of baking storytelling into its gameplay by incorporating in bite-sized level form.We’ve reached out to Warner Bros. For more information and will update this article accordingly.
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