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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #706
- IMDb #512
- Google retired #419
- Rotten Tomatoes #1652
- Metacritic #1438
- Letterboxd #1955
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2446
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1063
- Metacritic Critics #1799
- Metacritic Audience #837
- Douban #292
- Kinopoisk #254
- AlloCiné #184
- Trakt #400
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 66, highest is Google on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The Company of Thorin Oakenshield continues its quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. They journey through the dangerous Mirkwood Forest and are captured by Elves before reaching Lake-town. There, the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins must enter the mountain to confront the dragon Smaug.
Details
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Writers
- Fran Walsh, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens
- Based on
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Released
- 11 December 2013
- Country
- New Zealand, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $250.0M
- Box office
- $958.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (66) →
Awards & nominations
See all 12 →2 wins from 12 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 86th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Sound Editing | Chris Ward | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Visual Effects | Eric Reynolds | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Sound Editing | Brent Burge | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Sound | Christopher Boyes | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Sound | Michael Semanick | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Sound | Michael Hedges | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Sound | Tony Johnson | Nominee |
| 86th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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12 awards — The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
×| Best Sound | Christopher Boyes | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Michael Semanick | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Michael Hedges | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Tony Johnson | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Chris Ward | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Brent Burge | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Eric Reynolds | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Eric Saindon | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | David Clayton | Nominee |
| Best Fight | Evangeline Lilly | Winner |
| Best Fight | Orlando Bloom | Winner |