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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends.

7.4(20,265)20122h 49m30

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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Status
Released
Budget
$250M
Box office
$1B
Language
English
Part of The Hobbit Collection · 3 films
  • based on novel or book
  • elves
  • dwarf
  • magic
  • horseback riding
  • sword
  • burglar
  • legend
  • riddle
  • mountain
  • contract
  • travel

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New Zealand, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremierePG-13New York City, New York6 Dec 2012
    • TheatricalPG-1314 Dec 2012
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical12A14 Dec 2012
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM26 Dec 2012
  • CanadaCA

    • PremierePGToronto3 Dec 2012
    • TheatricalPG14 Dec 2012
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical13 Dec 2012
  • ArmeniaAM

    • Theatrical19 Dec 2012
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical13 Dec 2012
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1612 Dec 2012
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1214 Dec 2012
    • Physical12Versão de Cinema em DVD / Blu-ray / Blu-ray 3D21 Mar 2013
    • Physical12Versão Estendida em DVD / Blu-ray / Blu-ray 3D5 Dec 2013
  • BulgariaBG

    • Theatrical14 Dec 2012
  • ColombiaCO

    • Theatrical25 Dec 2012
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+13 Dec 2012

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released on 12 December 2012.

Audience reviews

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    Andres Gomez

    12/17/2012

    6.5/10

    Peter Jackson creates the same world that he already shown us in the LOTR, but that's not the only thing he repeats. He also repeats ripping Tolkiens book into a sucession of endless races and actions scenes with orcs falling everywhere and several "inventions" that mess the beautiful story created by the English author. He also repeats those several minutes of platform game inside caves that we saw in Moria an…

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    GeekMasher

    3/15/2013

    9/10

    An other great master peace has been added the the Lord of The Rings collection. This movie was an excellent example of how great actors, an amazing story and a beautiful world can be produced in such an excellent way. Peter Jackson has out done his self by creating this great film. There are differences from the book but I can't complain about any of them, yes I love the original story but this one is still one of t…

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    Matt Golden

    7/21/2013

    Over a decade after a little-known director from New Zealand managed to con New Line Cinema into giving him $300 million to make a trilogy based on JRR Tolkien's seminal fantasy (and long considered unfilmable) work The Lord of the Rings, the cinematic landscape for fantasy has changed drastically. Much like Tolkien's tome, the Lord of the Rings films came to utterly define high fantasy in film, with even competing f…

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    r96sk

    2/20/2021

    9/10

    Of course off the level of its <em>'The Lord of the Rings'</em> predecessors, but I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed <em>'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'</em>. It has good lure to it, the plot is more than interesting, it features pleasant callbacks and - like LOTR - looks exquisite. As for the casting, I like 'em. Martin Freeman (Bilbo) is, like Elijah Wood, an actor I've always found hit-and-miss, but I reall…

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    Peter McGinn

    9/5/2022

    7/10

    There is no doubt that Peter Jackson does a great job bring Tolkien’s fantasies to life, much better, I imagine, than anyone must have assumed when they heard about the Lord of the Rings series way back when. I must confess that I don’t like them as much as I enjoyed reading the books. I am sure there are complex reasons applicable to me. I read them when I was very young and it would be difficult to match that fi…

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