The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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| German title | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
| Original title | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
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| Country of production |
New Zealand United States |
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| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 2012 | ||
| length |
Cinema version: 169 minutes Extended Edition: 182 minutes |
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| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
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| Director | Peter Jackson | ||
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Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson Guillermo del Toro |
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| production | Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Carolynne Cunningham |
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| music | Howard Shore | ||
| camera | Andrew Lesnie | ||
| cut | Jabez Olssen | ||
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (originally The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ) is a New Zealand fantasy film by Peter Jackson and the first part of a three-part film adaptation of the novel The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien from 1937. The subsequent part The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug appeared in 2013 . The series ends with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies . The three parts represent prequels to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy . The world premiere of the film took place on November 28, 2012 in Wellington , New Zealand . The film was released in theaters on December 13, 2012 in Germany and Austria.
The film is set 60 years before Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and contains some elements of that novel. He tells the story of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins , who is asked by the magician Gandalf to help him and 13 dwarves - led by Thorin Eichenschild - to regain the mountain Erebor, which was conquered by the dragon Smaug .
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey received mixed to positive reviews and rose to the fourth most successful film in 2012 and is currently number 46 (as of August 8, 2020) of the most successful films of all time . The film grossed around 1017 million US dollars (851.8 million euros ; 917.7 million Swiss francs ) worldwide , making The Lord of the Rings: The Companions (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ( 2002) were exceeded. In addition to three Oscar nominations, the film has been nominated for three British Academy Film Awards and four Critics' Choice Movie Awards .
action
The aged hobbit Bilbo Baggins begins in Hobbiton in the Shire shortly before his 111th birthday with the recording of his memories in which he finally wants to tell his nephew Frodo about his entire adventure. In the foreword he reports on the dwarf kingdom of Erebor under the Lonely Mountain , above the human city of Thal , in which the dwarfs, under the leadership of King Thrór, stored immeasurable treasures, including the Arkenstein . One day - attracted by the gold - the fire dragon Smaug appeared , destroyed Thal, defeated the dwarves and settled in the mountain in the midst of the treasure; the Elves under Thranduil watching the event did not intervene. The dwarves were scattered across Middle-earth , led by Thrór's grandson Thorin Oakenshield .
While Frodo goes into the woods to meet Gandalf , who has announced himself, Bilbo remembers his adventures in his youth: One morning 60 years ago, the magician Gandalf went to the Gray Bilbo's hobbit cave and suggested an adventure to him, but Bilbo has no interest in giving up his quiet and secure life. Gandalf then unnoticed marks Bilbo's door with a rune , and one evening Thorin Eichenschild and 12 other (hungry) dwarfs, who consult with Gandalf after the looting of his pantry, surprisingly visit him. Thorin Eichenschild plans to go to the Lonely Mountain with the 12 dwarfs ( Balin , Dwalin , Oin, Glóin , Kili, Fili, Dori, Nori, Ori, Bifur, Bofur and Bombur, but without the support of his cousin Dain ) through a secret door in to invade the mountain and drive Smaug out of his kingdom. Bilbo receives an offer to contractually join the group as a master thief, since the hobbits are said to be inconspicuous in their blood. After initial hesitation, Bilbo is finally seized by his thirst for adventure and the next morning he follows the dwarfs who have already moved on.
On the way, Bilbo learns of the later attempt of the dwarf people in the lost dwarf kingdom of Moria to find a new home, which failed because orcs had settled there in the meantime. Their leader, Azog the molester, beheaded Thorin's grandfather Thrór in the battle in the Schattenbach Valley at the gates of Morias, whereupon the young king's grandson cut off his left arm and thought he was dead. But the dwarves don't know that Azog survived his fight against Thorin and that he has been haunted by his hatred ever since. When Azog learns of the upcoming expedition of the dwarves, he sets his orcs in motion against them.
The expedition's path leads through the lonely lands. The group spent the night in a ruin on Troll Heights when several ponies were stolen from them by the trolls Bill, Tom and Bert who were lying nearby . When Bilbo tries to get the ponies back, he is discovered, and his companions are caught while trying to save him and are supposed to serve as a meal for the trolls. When the trolls argue about the preparation of their prey, Bilbo realizes his chance and manages to buy time until Gandalf arrives to the rescue and uses the light of the rising sun to petrify the trolls. In the troll camp, adventurers will find gold as well as the elven swords ' Glamdring ' (for Gandalf), ' Orcrist ' (for Thorin) and a short sword for Bilbo, which will later be known as ' Sting '.
Meanwhile, the magician Radagast the brown discovers in the dark forest that a dark force has risen and poisoned the forest and all animals. He rushes to the old fortress of Dol Guldur and is confronted with the spirit of the Witch King of Angmar and a resurrected necromancer . Radagast then rushes to meet Gandalf and gives him the Witch King's Morgul Blade as proof . When Azog's orcs and wargs attack the dwarves, Radagast distracts them. When the Elves of Rivendell also intervene under the leadership of Elrond , the travelers manage to escape into the hidden Rivendell.
Despite the dwarves' hostility to the Elven people (especially on the part of Thorin, since the Elves under Thranduil had abandoned the dwarves in Smaug's raid), the group in the Elf Lord's house is warmly entertained, and Elrond helps decipher the map of the lonely Bergs from Thorin's grandfather. In Rivendell Gandalf meets the other members of the White Council, the colonel of his order, Saruman the White and the Elf mistress of Lothlórien , Galadriel . Gandalf brings the news from Radagast that a necromancer is rising, but Saruman rejects the incident as insignificant. Only Galadriel believes him, and although she and Elrond do not approve of the expedition of the dwarves for various reasons, they let the dwarves go unhindered as they set off again on their own.
The dwarfs and Bilbo set off for the Misty Mountains . After they barely survived a battle of stone giants and Bilbo wants to go home first because of Thorin's apparent dislike for him, they are captured in a cave by goblins, a subspecies of the orcs that have settled in the Misty Mountains. Bilbo escapes, but falls into an abyss after a fight with a goblin. Here he observes the creature Gollum , who is about to kidnap the goblin who has fallen with Bilbo to dinner; in the process Gollum loses a gold ring that Bilbo takes. When Bilbo fights against Gollum's multiple personality with the sword, both agree on a puzzle game: If Bilbo wins, Gollum wants to lead him to the exit, if Gollum wins, he can eat Bilbo. Bilbo wins by a trick, but when Gollum notices that he has lost his "treasure", he pursues the hobbit. While escaping, he happens to recognize that the ring makes its wearer invisible. Just before the exit, Bilbo is given the opportunity to kill Gollum, but he gives up when he sees the despair in his eyes. When he escapes, Gollum swears eternal vengeance.
Meanwhile, the dwarves are brought before the goblin king, who notifies Azog and then wants to torture the group. But before that happens, Gandalf appears, frees the dwarves and kills the goblin king. Bilbo meets his companions again on the east side of the mountains and moves on with them, but Azog and his riders catch up with them and attack. At the edge of a precipice, the group is cornered and forced to seek unsafe refuge on the pine trees that grow there . When the wargs begin to tear down the poorly rooted trees, Thorin Azog faces a fight, but is stretched to the ground. Bilbo spontaneously saves Thorin's life, and before the orcs can kill them, the Great Eagles summoned by Gandalf come to the aid of the dwarves and carry the companions with them to the mountaintop of Carrock.
When Thorin wakes up again, he regrets his earlier doubts about Bilbo and finally welcomes him as a friend and full member of the community. In the distance, the group sees the distant Erebor across the huge bleak forest and begins to take courage again for the path that is still ahead. Meanwhile a thrush flies to the Lonely Mountain and, according to an old prophecy, which promises the dwarves' favorable return to their old realm, hits a stone. Through the echo of their blows, the dragon Smaug awakens inside, buried under gold, from his long sleep.
Differences from the novel
- The dwarves do not appear in the same order at the beginning of the film as described in the novel. In the film, for example, Thorin Eichenschild only appears after the majority of the other dwarfs have already made themselves comfortable in Bilbo's home, instead of arriving at the same time as Bifur, Bofur and Bombur as the last ones in the novel.
- In the novel, Bilbo agrees to the contract and Gandalf appears the next morning after the dwarves have left and asks when he intends to leave. Thorin left a letter for Bilbo with the news of their meeting the following day and their departure from the inn "Zum Grünen Drachen" in Wassernach. In the film, Bilbo chases after the dwarfs, who have already left without him, because for the most part they didn't expect him to accompany them.
- In the encounter with the three trolls, Bilbo is not put in a sack in the book, but ends up in a tree while trying to help Thorin against the trolls. Gandalf appears and, by imitating their voices, gets the trolls to argue, while in the movie it is Bilbo who creates a delay. The talking wallet appearing in the novel was completely deleted and replaced by a simple knife.
- In the film, the group is attacked by orcs on the way to Rivendell and their ponies run away from them. In the book they ride to Rivendell and leave this place with the ponies. Neither Galadriel nor Saruman are present in the original in Rivendell and the dwarfs stay there for several weeks before they have recovered from the troll experience and move on. In the film, they secretly leave. The hostile and suspicious atmosphere that is depicted in the film between dwarves and elves in Rivendell does not appear in the book.
- According to the book, the departure takes place together with Gandalf, in the film they leave separately. In the book, Gandalf saves the dwarves from captivity by the orcs and flees the cave with them. On this escape, Bilbo is separated from the group. In the film, Bilbo is already separated from the rest when the orcs are captured.
- The orc Azog does not appear in the novel as the antagonist of Thorin Eichenschild, but is killed in the battle before Moria by Dain II Eisenfuß .
- Radagast appears in the film, he is only mentioned in the novel.
- The dragon Smaug is briefly shown at the end of the film, as he lies covered in a pile of gold and treasures of the dwarves, in the novel, however, he lies on the treasures. This serves to build up tension for the next two parts of the trilogy, as the dragon is never completely seen in the first part.
- At the beginning of the film the entire prehistory of the adventure is explained, while in the novel the background is explained bit by bit.
These extensions and parallel actions compared to the original book are essentially due to the additional information that Tolkien himself had recorded in the appendices to the Lord of the Rings.
background
Cast and dubbing
Before filming began on March 21, 2011, the main characters were trained in horseback riding, sword fighting, and boating for a month. Peter Jackson's intention was not only the optimal prerequisite for the shoot, but also the bond between the actors. The German dubbed version was created by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH (FFS). Klaus Bickert wrote the dialogue book, Katrin Fröhlich directed the dialogue. Christine Roche and Klaus-Rüdiger Paulus translated the lyrics into German, Thomas Amper directed the musical recordings. After the death of Achim Höppner , the spokesman for Gandalf , in 2006, a replacement had to be found. Although Gandalf was dubbed by Gunter Schoß in the two published trailers , the actor and voice actor Eckart Dux can be heard in the finished film . The rest of the cast and dubbing cast resembles that of the Lord of the Rings trilogy :
script
The screenplay for the film was written by Peter Jackson and his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro .
Production and direction
The main reason for the production were New Line Cinema , Peter Jackson's company WingNut Films and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Warner Bros. is responsible for the global marketing and distribution of the film.
After the financial success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which was underlined by numerous positive film reviews, director and screenwriter Peter Jackson dealt with Tolkien's novel The Hobbit . Originally, Jackson was to be the producer, while Guillermo del Toro was to act as the director. In May 2010, del Toro left the project due to delays mainly caused by financial problems at the production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . In October of that year, Jackson was announced as his successor.
The first two films of the three-part film adaptation were shot together. Filming began on March 21, 2011 in New Zealand and ended after 266 days of shooting on July 6, 2012. The production costs of the film amounted to around 270 million US dollars (≈204 million euros). The film's post-production ended on November 26th, just two days before its official world premiere on November 28th in New Zealand.
marketing
The first trailer of the film was published on the Internet on December 20, 2011, one day later the trailer ran in front of the Peter Jackson-produced film The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorns in the cinema. At the San Diego Comic-Con International 2012, the cast and crew members appeared Peter Jackson , Martin Freeman , Ian McKellen , Richard Armitage , Andy Serkis , Elijah Wood and screenwriter Philippa Boyens to exclusively show 12 minutes of the film.
On October 8, 2012 Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown announced that one of the premiere week of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , the capital of New Zealand in Middle of Middle-earth (dt. Middle of Middle-earth will rename).
premiere
| International broadcasts of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | |||
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| country | Movie title | premiere | |
 New Zealand
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | November 28, 2012 (world premiere) | |
 Belgium
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Bilbo le Hobbit: un voyage inattendu | December 12, 2012 | |
 Denmark
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Hobbitten: En uventet rejse | ||
 Finland
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Hobitti - Odottamaton uterus | ||
 France
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Bilbo le Hobbit: un voyage inattendu | ||
 Netherlands
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De Hobbit: An on-governed rice | ||
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New Zealand
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Norway
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Hobbites: En uventet journey | ||
 Sweden
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Hobbit: En oväntad resa | ||
 Switzerland
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Argentina
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El Hobbit: Un viaje inesperado | December 13, 2012 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Hobit: Neocekivano putovanje | ||
 Chile
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El Hobbit: Un viaje inesperado | ||
 Croatia
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Hobit: Neočekivano putovanje | ||
 Germany
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Greece
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Χόμπιτ: Ένα Αναπάντεχο Ταξίδι | ||
 Hong Kong
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霍比特 人 ： 意外 旅程 | ||
 Hungary
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A hobbit: Váratlan utazás | ||
 Ireland
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Israel
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Ha'Hobbit: masa bilti tzafui | ||
 Italy
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Lo Hobbit - Un viaggio inaspettato | ||
 Austria
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Portugal
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O Hobbit: Uma Viagem Inesperada | ||
 Serbia
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Hobit: Neočekivano putovanje | ||
 Singapore
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霍比特 人 ： 意外 旅程 | ||
 Slovenia
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Hobit: Nepričakovano potovanje | ||
 Thailand
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เดอะ ฮ อบ บิท: การ ผจญ ภัย สุด คาด คิด | ||
 United Kingdom
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Brazil
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O Hobbit: Uma Jornada Inesperada | December 14, 2012 | |
 Bulgaria
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Хобит: Неочаквано пътешествие | ||
 Canada
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Estonia
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Kääbik: Ootamatu teekond | ||
 Japan
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ホ ビ ッ ト 思 い が け な い 冒 険 | ||
 Lithuania
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Hobitas: nelaukta kelione | ||
 Paraguay
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El Hobbit: un Viaje Inesperado | ||
 Romania
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Hobbitul: O Calatorie Neasteptata | ||
 South Africa
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Spain
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El Hobbit: Un viaje inesperado | ||
 Turkey
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Hobbit: Beklenmedik Seyahat | ||
 United States
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | ||
 Armenia
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Հոբիթ: Անսպասելի ճամփորդություն | December 19, 2012 | |
 Russia
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Хоббит: Нежданное путешествие | ||
 Ukraine
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Гобіт: Неочікувана подорож | December 20, 2012 | |
 Colombia
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El Hobbit: Un viaje inesperado | December 25, 2012 | |
 Australia
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | December 26, 2012 | |
 Iceland
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 Poland
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Hobbit: Niezwykla podróz | December 28, 2012 | |
 Mongolia
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Хоббит | January 11, 2013 | |
 North Macedonia
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Хобит: Неочекувано Патување | January 31, 2013 | |
 People's Republic of China
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霍比特 人 ： 意外 旅程 | February 15, 2013 | |
The world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey took place on November 28, 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand. It was released in New Zealand on December 12th, in Europe on December 13th, in India , Canada and the United States on December 14th and in Australia on December 26th. The strip was also shown at the 65th Royal Film Performance on December 12th.
About 100,000 people were waiting at the red carpet of the movie premiere on Courtenay Place and the entire event was broadcast live on New Zealand television and in live streams broadcast on the Internet.
Film music
As in the Lord of the Rings films, the soundtrack was composed by Howard Shore ; Recordings were made in the Abbey Road Studios in London . The final title is called Song of the Lonely Mountain and was sung by Neil Finn . The soundtrack album debuted in the top 10 of the charts in the United States and South Korea .
Publication on DVD and Blu-ray
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 19, 2013 in Germany and Austria and on March 19 in the United States. An extended edition was also released on November 15th . This is a good 15 minutes longer than the theatrical version and contains, among other things, a few additional scenes that detail the story of Smaug's conquest of Erebor and the stay of Thorin's community in Rivendell. It was published in German in four versions:
- Three-disc edition with extended cut in 2D on Blu-ray
- Five-disc edition with extended cut in 3D and 2D on Blu-ray
- Five-disc edition with extended cut on DVD
- Limited collector's edition with the five-disc set on Blu-ray and a Weta statue of Bilbo and Gollum
In some countries such as the USA, the Extended Edition was released as a download via iTunes on October 24th.
Television broadcast
The broadcasting rights for future broadcasts on free TV were initially secured by the Tele München Group . The TV broadcaster RTL was responsible for the broadcast , as it became known in March 2013. The Extended Edition of the film was broadcast on television on November 30th. The Austrian broadcaster ORF eins showed the film a week earlier on November 23, 2014.
useful information
The three petrified trolls reappear in the film adaptation The Lord of the Rings: The Companions , where they are used by the Companions as a resting place and are recognized by Bilbo's stories. This scene is only included in the Extended Edition .
reception
Grossing results
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| territory | U.S$ | € | CHF |
| world | 1,017 | 851.8 | 917.7 |
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United States Canada
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303 | 253.8 | 273.4 |
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Germany
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88.8 | 74.4 | 80.1 |
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Austria
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8.6 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
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Not available | ||
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Worldwide played An Unexpected Journey: The Hobbit an opening weekend 168.3 million euros (181.3 million Swiss francs). In the second week of January 2013, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey with $ 887.5 million (EUR 743.3 million; CHF 800.8 million) exceeded the $ 869.3 million ( 728.1 million euros ; 784.4 million Swiss francs ) grossing income of the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy , The Lord of the Rings: The Companions ( adjusted for inflation corresponds to the grossing result of The Lord of the Rings: The Companions around a current equivalent of 1,252 million US dollars or 1.049 billion euros or 0.902 billion Swiss francs). In the fourth week of January, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for $ 925.4 million (EUR 775 million; CHF 835 million) exceeded the $ 923.3 million ($ 773.3 million). Euro; 833.1 million Swiss francs) grossing income of the second film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy , The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (adjusted for inflation, the grossing income of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers corresponds roughly to today's Equivalent of 1,330 million US dollars or 1,114 billion euros or 1.2 billion Swiss francs).
As of April 22, 2013, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey had total box office box office revenues of US $ 1,017 million (EUR 851.8 million; CHF 917.7 million), of which US $ 303 million Dollars (253.8 million euros; 273.4 million Swiss francs) in North America (United States and Canada) and 88.8 million US dollars (74.4 million euros; 80.1 million Swiss francs ) in Germany and 8.6 million US dollars (7.2 million euros; 7.8 million Swiss francs) in Austria. The Hobbit became the fourth most successful film of 2012 and is number 46 (as of August 8, 2020) of the most successful films of all time .
- German-speaking area
On the opening weekend (December 15 and 16, 2012), Eine Unexpected Journey secured first place in the cinema charts and brought in 11.4 million euros (12.3 million Swiss francs) from 1.08 million viewers; if the preliminary performances are factored in, the film even grossed 13 million euros (14 million Swiss francs) from 1.23 million viewers. Even after three weeks it was still in first place with over a million viewers, meanwhile around 4.5 million Germans have seen it in the cinemas. In Austria, the film grossed a total of 5.7 million euros (6.1 million Swiss francs), with 1.2 million euros (1.3 million Swiss francs) being turned over on the opening weekend.
- United States
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey also made it to the top of the box office in the United States . At 84.6 million US dollars (70.9 million euros; 76.3 million Swiss francs) the film also set a new record. No other film got off to a better start in December.
- Other countries
Outside the United States, the film grossed a total of US $ 708.1 million (EUR 593 million; CHF 639 million), of which US $ 138 million (EUR 115.6 million; EUR 124.5 million). Swiss Francs) on the starting weekend. Great Britain with 18.8 US dollars (15.7 million euros; 17 million Swiss francs) and Russia with 17.9 US dollars (15 million euros; 16.2 million euros) have the largest share in the result of the opening weekend . Swiss franc). In Sweden only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 got off to a better start in a weekend.
Audience numbers
The film was seen 6,607,048 times in Germany. In 2013, 1,856,257 visitors were counted at the German box offices nationwide, making the film the 14th place among the most visited films of the year.
According to TorrentFreak , the film was the most downloaded film via BitTorrent in 2013 with 8.4 million illegal downloads .
Reviews
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The first reviews were mostly positive, resulting in a 65% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 270 reviews and a 58 out of 100 rating on Metacritic based on 40 reviews. On the other hand, the first act of the film, which for many critics is too inflated and long and has too little urgency, was particularly criticized.
“'An unexpected journey' enchants with humor and poetry, overwhelms with powerful action, captivates with sensational technology and inspires with brilliant stars. A masterpiece. [...] The first part of his 'Hobbit' epic shines with unforgettable images, it fuels emotions and creates moments full of dreamy poetry. "
Dietmar Dath goes into the range of the film between kitsch and chamber play .
"Very rarely does Jackson [...] of good actually too much: A trembling sniff grayling hedgehog in agony arouses the desire for the insulin syringe , and stone giants, with their heads their heads break down, drive the gigantism ridicule. There is also a rather dull body humor - there is spitting and burping in a way that neither Bud Spencer nor Louis de Funès would have dared to do in their most unimaginative moments - too often and too happily in the mud. The nonsense is, however, balanced by unmistakable evidence that Jackson trusts the people he wants to entertain with intelligence: as much as physical horror, for example, between blood splatters and monsters with thyroid dysfunction , the eerie puzzle competition between Bilbo and Gollum in is so chamber-play precise staged in the ice-cold cave of the latter - a candy of cinema gothic, such as Tim Burton has not served his hungry fans for twenty years. "
For Sophie Albers, the new high frame rate technology , which was first used in the film, is more of a disadvantage of the film.
“[…] Because of this hyperrealism, 'The Hobbit' - especially in the first half - is as cold as a dead fish. [...] Even in the first 48 frames per second, the film has the lifeless charm of a home video. [...] That's why this film touches so little. The space for our own imagination, in which we normally build the bridge into film reality, is littered with superfluous information. "
The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film its “valuable” rating.
“[...] The core of the film is clearly Bilbo's puzzle contest with Gollum in the cave. Such a dramatic, intimate and vital sequence has never existed before between a digital character and an actor. And here it becomes clear for the first time what a shrewd, bold, but also merciful hero Bilbo Baggins is. But unfortunately this sequence is also very long. And this objection also applies to some other parts of the film, despite all the technical finesse. Because the scriptwriters also used Tolkien's other texts, the narrative is dramaturgically overloaded. The action and fight scenes seem increasingly redundant and the hero of the story moves too much into the background in them. Less would have been more here. "
Awards and nominations
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| Won | 16 |
| Nominated | 75 |
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The film was nominated for three Oscars , namely in the categories “ Best Make-up and Best Hairstyles ”, “ Best Visual Effects ” and “ Best Production Design ”. It looked similar at the British BAFTA Awards, where the film was nominated in the categories of “ Best Visual Effects ”, “ Best Mask ” and “ Best Sound ”. But the film did not win any of the six categories. In contrast, the film was able to win Empire Awards , once Martin Freeman in his role as Bilbo Baggins and generally as “Best Fantasy Film”. Freeman himself is still waiting for the MTV Movie Awards , in which he is nominated as "Best Scaredy". The film was also nominated for nine Saturn Awards , making it the favorite at the awards ceremony. Even the first part of The Lord of the Rings , The Lord of the Rings: The Companions "only" made eight. In addition to the actors Martin Freeman (" Best Actor ") and Ian McKellen (" Best Supporting Actor ") , director Peter Jackson (" Best Director ") and composer Howard Shore (" Best Music ") were nominated. Best Production Design , "" Best Costumes , "" Best Make-Up "and" Best Visual Effects "nominated at the Critics Choice Awards , but the awards went to other films.
literature
- Daniel Falconer : The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Chronicle 1 - Art & Design. , Klett-Cotta-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-96051-8 .
- Daniel Falconer: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Chronicle 2 - Creatures & Figures. , Klett-Cotta-Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-608-96052-5 .
- Jude Fisher: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - The official companion book , Klett-Cotta-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 3-608-93978-4 .
- Brian Sibley: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - The official film book , Klett-Cotta-Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 3-608-93996-2 .
Web links
- Official German website
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at Metacritic (English)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in the online movie database
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in the German Dubbing File
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release Certificate for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2012 (PDF; test number: 136 243 K).
- ↑ Age rating for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ a b Top Lifetime Greats. Box Office Mojo, accessed August 8, 2020 .
- ^ Sophie Albers: A film as cold as a dead fish. In: stern.de . Stern , December 12, 2012, accessed December 19, 2012 .
- ↑ "The Hobbit" starts with a record. In: Spiegel Online . Der Spiegel , December 17, 2012, accessed on December 19, 2012 .
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