Title The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies Overview Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, 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. Tagline Witness the defining chapter of the Middle-Earth saga Genres Action, Adventure, Fantasy Keywords corruption, elves, dwarves, orcs, middle-earth tolkien , hobbit, dragon, battle, unlikely friendship, epic battle, sword and sorcery Production Companies WingNut Films, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM Production Countries New Zealand, United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 144 Release Year 2014
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 920 million USD