The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Witness the defining chapter of the Middle-Earth saga Release date: 2014-12-10 Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy Actors: James Nesbitt, Mark Mitchinson, Orlando Bloom, Ryan Gage, Jed Brophy, Sarah Peirse, Thomasin McKenzie, Nick Blake, Dee Bradley Baker, Ken Stott, Stephen Fry, Miranda Harcourt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Hambleton, Terry Notary, Martin Freeman, Mark Hadlow, Mervyn Smith, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Mikael Persbrandt, Billy Connolly, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Debra Wilson, Hugo Weaving, Luke Evans, Ian Holm, John Tui, Dean O'Gorman, Graham McTavish, Billy Jackson, Aidan Turner, Adam Brown, Stephen Hunter, Terry Binding, John Callen, Manu Bennett, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Olson, Conan Stevens, Stephen Gledhill, Simon London, John Bell, Mary Nesbitt, Timothy Bartlett, Katie Jackson, Kelly Kilgour, Erin Banks, Peggy Nesbitt, William Kircher, Allan Smith, Olof Johnsson, Otep Shamaya, Abraham Wream, Brian Hotter Direction: Peter Jackson Budget: $250,000,000Revenue: $956,019,788 Runtime: 2 h. 24 min. Score: 7.3/10 Votes: 14,728 Countries: New Zealand, United States of America Companies: New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, WingNut Films Available* : Overview: Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.