The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends. Release date: 2012-12-12 Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Action Actors: James Nesbitt, Jeffrey Thomas, Jed Brophy, Stephen Ure, Barry Humphries, Ken Stott, John Rawls, Bret McKenzie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Hambleton, Terry Notary, Martin Freeman, Mark Hadlow, Lee Pace, Elijah Wood, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Kiran Shah, Dean O'Gorman, Graham McTavish, Aidan Turner, Adam Brown, Stephen Hunter, John Callen, Manu Bennett, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Sylvester McCoy, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Conan Stevens, Thomas Robins, Timothy Bartlett, Katie Jackson, William Kircher, Michael Mizrahi, Jarred Blakiston, Isaac Miller, Ella Olssen, Ruby Acevedo, Brendan Casey Direction: Peter Jackson Budget: $250,000,000Revenue: $1,021,103,568 Runtime: 2 h. 49 min. Score: 7.4/10 Votes: 18,913 Countries: New Zealand, United States of America Companies: New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, WingNut Films Available* : Overview: 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.