In the United States , the movie The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies was released exactly eleven years after the release of The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King .
The Battle of the Five Armies was released on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand , 12 December 2014 in the United Kingdom , and on 17 December 2014 in the United States .
The Hobbit-COLON- The Battle of the Five Armies