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.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Peter Jackson -
Producer -
Fran Walsh , Carolynne Cunningham , Zane Weiner , Eric Monette -
Screenwriter -
Philippa Boyens , Guillermo del Toro -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. Pictures -
Production Co -
3Foot7 , New Line Cinema , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) , WingNut Films -
Rating -
PG-13 (Intense Fantasy Action|Frightening Images|Intense Fantasy Violence) -
Genre -
Fantasy , Adventure , Action -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 17, 2014, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 3, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$255.1M -
Runtime -
2h 24m -
Sound Mix -
Datasat , Dolby Digital
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