The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Awards
Won	3
Nominated	16
Pending	10
	Once a prize has been won, it will no longer appear on the nomination list.

Box office earnings [million]
Production costs	Not available
Switzerland	Not available
	(Access date: January 19, 2015)

Movie
German title	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Original title	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Country of production	New Zealand ; United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2013
length	Theatrical Version: 161 minutes ; Extended Edition: 186 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12 ; JMK 12
Rod
Director	Peter Jackson
script	Fran Walsh ; Philippa Boyens; Peter Jackson ; Guillermo del Toro
production	Peter Jackson ; Fran Walsh ; Carolynne Cunningham
music	Howard Shore
camera	Andrew Lesnie
cut	Jabez Olssen
occupation
synchronization
chronology
← Predecessor ; The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Successor → ; The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (originally The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ) is an American- New Zealand fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson and the second part of a three-part film adaptation of the novel The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien from 1937. He is the Sequel to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . The three parts are prequels of Peter Jackson's trilogy The Lord of the Rings .

The film is set 60 years before Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and contains some elements of that novel. The second part focuses on the dragon Smaug , who tries to defend his gold treasure against Bilbo Baggins , the dwarves and Gandalf . On the journey to Erebor , travelers must take some dangers.

The premiere of the film in Germany was announced for December 12, 2013, but started in some German cinemas on Wednesday, December 11, shortly before midnight.

action

Film plot

The film plot begins a year before the events in An Unexpected Journey in the form of a review. Thorin Eichenschild , on the search for his missing father Thráin, meets the magician Gandalf in the village of Bree in the Zum Prancing Pony inn , who encourages him in his old decision to recapture his former home Erebor . However, this does not happen, as Gandalf admits, for unselfish reasons: Since he fears that the forces of evil could win the dragon Smaug , who once drove the dwarves from Erebor, into their own, he is very interested in the death of the dragon, at least with that the eastern empires continue to remain safe. Encouraged by Gandalf's support, Thorin agrees to go on an expedition to the Lonely Mountain.

Twelve months later: Despite being rescued by the Great Eagles , Thorin's community, including the hobbit Bilbo Baggins , continues to be hunted by Azog and his orcs . At the edge of the Nebelgebirge they enter the Beorn district , a skin changer who can take the form of a giant bear . After a first mild encounter with his wild animal figure, they are entertained by Beorn, as the orcs are responsible for the death of his clan. He also equips them with new ponies with which they can reach the Mirkwood . The presence of Beorn prevents Azog's orcs from attacking the dwarves directly. Only a little later, Azog is recalled by the ominous power that is beginning to stir in the ruined fortress of Dol Guldur and leaves the hunt to his son Bolg .

At the edge of the bleak forest, the dwarfs and Bilbo leave their ponies behind and prepare to cross the forest. However, in an earlier meeting Gandalf made an agreement with the Elven Lady Galadriel : he should discover the true nature of the necromancer whom Radagast the Brown recently encountered in Dol Guldur, should it emerge that the Great Enemy, his return Gandalf fears so much, behind whose appearance lies. When he finds such a sign at the beginning of the Elbenweg, which leads through the Mirkwood, he separates from his companions and rides to the rock caves in which the Nazgûl were once imprisoned, only to find their crypts empty together with Radagast. When he then enters the fortress Dol Guldur alone to banish the Dark Force, he meets Azog, an army of orcs and Sauron , who was defeated a long time ago, but almost regained his strength , who makes Gandalf his prisoner and then subdues the orcs Azog's leadership sets in motion.

Bilbo and the dwarves begin their journey through the Mirkwood, but the ominous evil aura that has haunted the forest and made it sick confuses their senses, and so they stray from the safe Elven Path and become hopelessly lost. When Bilbo tries to find the right direction again, the community is attacked by giant spiders and wrapped in their webs. Thanks to the magical ring that he was able to take from Gollum in the Misty Mountains and his short sword - which is named Stitch on this occasion - Bilbo can help himself and the dwarves out of a mess. But then the dwarves are captured by the wood elves who live in the Mirkwood (including Legolas , son of the local Elven King Thranduil , and Tauriel, the leader of the border guards). Thranduil offers Thorin his support and freedom in exchange for a treasure that was made for him by the dwarves before the attack of Smaug, but was ultimately withheld (see Extended Edition of Eine Unexpected Journey ). Thorin refuses to accept the trade because of the betrayal of the Elves at the time, and so the dwarves are interned in the dungeons of the Elbenburg. But despite this unfortunate incident, delicate bonds between Kili, Thorin's nephew, and Tauriel begin to develop.

But Bilbo, who was able to sneak into the Elven fortress thanks to his ring, not only succeeds in freeing the dwarves, but also in finding an escape route: Since the Elves regularly receive wine deliveries from the people of the seaside town of Esgaroth , they are used to transport the wine used barrels via a river that runs under the basement of the fortress, after they were emptied back to the city. The community manages to escape via a further load of such barrels, which they use as boats, but their escape is discovered and the elves start hunting the fugitives. A sudden attack by Bolg's orcs, who have followed the dwarves into the forest, provides Thorin and his companions with a welcome distraction, but Kili is injured by an orc arrow before they can continue their escape. One of the orcs is captured and interrogated by the elves, whereupon he sneeringly reveals to Thranduil that the power of evil is about to start a new war in Middle- earth. When he mentions that Kili was hit by a cursed arrow and threatens him with a creeping death, Tauriel makes a spontaneous decision and follows the dwarves to the seaside town. Legolas follows her a short time later and catches up with her before she reaches the seaside town.

When Bilbo and the dwarfs reach the Long Lake after a rough river trip , they meet Bard , a resident of Esgaroth. For a fee he smuggles them into the city, which is already close to the Lonely Mountain. When he finds out who Thorin and his companions are, he does not want to let them go, because he believes in an old prophecy that they would awaken Smaug during their undertaking, who would then threaten Esgaroth. The dwarves escape him first, but are then arrested while breaking into the city's armory. With the prospect of new wealth in the event of the company's success, the greedy mayor, despite all of Bard's objections, who is already a thorn in the side of the mayor, is persuaded to let the dwarfs go. However, Fili, Oin and Bofur (who slept through the departure) stay in Bard's house in Esgaroth to take care of Kili, who is beginning to lose his strength with the Morgul arrow. There they are attacked by Bolg and his orcs, but at the last moment they are saved by Tauriel and Legolas. The elf then succeeds in healing Kili's fatal wound. Bard, who in fear of an imminent attack by the dragon wants to prepare the defense of the city, is prevented by the mayor and imprisoned as a troublemaker.

Thorin continues his journey with the rest of his group, and they soon reach the Lonely Mountain, contrary to Gandalf's instructions to wait for him, where, after an initial failure by the dwarves in their search for a hidden entrance door, Bilbo finally discovers the entrance . Bilbo is sent to the mountain in his function as a "master thief", where he is supposed to find the Arkenstein , which is supposed to legitimize Thorin's claim to rule as "king under the mountain". During his search, however, Bilbo wakes up the dragon Smaug, who first plays a cat-and-mouse game with the hobbit in the halls of the dwarf kingdom. When the dwarves want to come to their friend's help, the dragon cuts them off through the secret door, and so the companions flee further into the depths of the Erebor. They start the old dwarf forge to finish off Smaug with a load of liquid gold, but the dragon survives the bath in hot gold. In the middle of the chase, it occurred to Smaug to take revenge on the people of the seaside town for their support of the dwarves. Despite the efforts of Bilbo and the dwarves to stop the dragon, Smaug escapes from the mountain and flies towards Esgaroth under Bilbo's helpless gaze.

Differences from the book

In addition to newly invented characters like Tauriel, Alfrid, Sigrid and Tilda, some important changes have been made to the plot:

In the book, the group is not followed into his house by Beorn, who has been transformed into a bear, but meets him there in his human form. This scene is included in the Extended Edition of the film.
The group is not followed by orcs in the book with the intensity shown.
The book mentions a necromancer who Gandalf has to take care of when he separates from the dwarves on the edge of the Mirkwood. The film shows his fight against the necromancer in detail.
In the book, Bombur falls into the night forest river and falls into a deep sleep, which is why his companions have to carry him. In the film, this scene can only be seen in the Extended Edition.
In the book, the dwarves see elves celebrating in the Mirkwood, but they appear later in the film.
Legolas is not mentioned by name in the book and has no influence on the plot.
The Elf Tauriel is not mentioned in the book.
In the book, Azog doesn't chase the dwarves.
In the book, the dwarfs spend several weeks in the Elven prison, in the film only a very short time.
In the book, no orcs attack the forest king's halls.
The barrels in which the dwarves escape are closed in the book. In the film, however, they are open, which is why they are followed by orcs and elves.
Kili is not wounded in the book.
In the film, the dwarfs and Bilbo are smuggled from Bard to Seestadt, in the book they get into town on their own.
Bard's family does not appear in the book.
In the book, no orcs come to Seestadt.
In the film, Bard already knows about Smaug's weak point, in the book he only learns about it from a thrush when Seestadt is destroyed.
In the book, the group as a whole reaches the Erebor, no dwarf is left behind in the seaside town.
In the film, the dwarfs find the gate very quickly, but not a lock, and therefore almost want to give up. The gate only opens with the first ray of the moon. In the book they search for the gate for a long time, then find it, but cannot open it. They give up here too, but stay at the gate until a throttle comes. Here it is the last ray of sunshine on Durin Day that opens the gate, as it is on the menu of the dwarfs in the film.
In the film, Bilbo takes the ring from his finger in the mountain and becomes visible to Smaug. In the book he can steal from Smaug unseen and return to the dwarves.
There is no fight between Smaug and the dwarves in the book.
There is no love story between a dwarf and an elf in any of Tolkien's works.

background

The original director was Guillermo del Toro , while Peter Jackson was to act as the producer. Del Toro left the film project in May 2010 due to delays caused by financial problems at the production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , which led to Jackson being announced as his successor.

Filming

The script for the trilogy was written by Peter Jackson and his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro . Since the plot of the films should initially be divided into the two films The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies , the shooting of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug took place together with those of the first part; they began on March 21, 2011 and ended after 266 days of shooting on July 6, 2012. Re-shoots, which also included scenes from the second film, began on May 20, 2013 and ended on July 26.

Those primarily responsible for production were New Line Cinema , Peter Jackson's WingNut Films, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); Warner Bros. is responsible for the global marketing and distribution of the film. No official information was published about the project budget; it is 240 million to 300 million US dollars estimated.

Film music

The score for the Hobbit trilogy was composed by Howard Shore , as was the case with The Lord of the Rings trilogy . The recordings are made in the Townhall in Wellington by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra . The title song of the film is interpreted by singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and is called I See Fire . It was released on iTunes on November 5, 2013 .

German film title

On December 17, 2012, Warner Bros. published the German title of the film in a press release. It was to be called The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . In addition to some reactions from fans who described the naming as "unimaginative" and "boring", Julian Eilmann, German teacher and then board member of the German Tolkien Society , also reported in an open letter and announced that the title contained a grammatical error. Since the dragon Smaug is a person (in the form of a dragon), the film title should be The Desolation of Smaug . In response, Warner Bros. announced in March 2013 that the film title was changing its name. It was eventually stated grammatically correct on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug .

Cast and dubbing

The German dubbed version was created by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH (FFS). After the death of Achim Höppner , Gandalf's spokesman , in 2006, a replacement was found in Eckart Dux . Andy Serkis , who could still be seen as Gollum in the first part , no longer appears. The new role of Smaug in the second part is played by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch . The customs officer Percy is named 'Peredur' in the German version of the film.

main actor

Martin Freeman ( Bilbo Baggins )

Ian McKellen ( Gandalf )

Richard Armitage ( Thorin Eichenschild )

role	actor	Voice actor
Bilbo Baggins	Martin Freeman	Manuel Straube
Gandalf	Ian McKellen	Eckart Dux
Thorin oak shield	Richard Armitage	Torben Liebrecht
Balin	Ken Stott	Alexander fur
Dwalin	Graham McTavish	Tilo Schmitz
Oin	John Callen	Lutz Schnell
Glóin	Peter Hambleton	Uli Krohm
Kili	Aidan Turner	Stefan Günther
Fili	Dean O'Gorman	Tim Knauer
Dori	Mark Hadlow	Tobias Lelle
Nori	Jed Brophy	Hans-Georg Panczak
Ori	Adam Brown	Nic Romm
Bifur	William Kircher	-
Bofur	James Nesbitt	Michael Lott
Bombur	Stephen Hunter	-
Radagast	Sylvester McCoy	Erich Ludwig
Galadriel	Cate Blanchett	Dörte Lyssewski
Thranduil	Lee Pace	Jaron Lowenberg
Legolas	Orlando Bloom	Philipp Moog
Tauriel	Evangeline Lilly	Ranja Bonalana
Thráin II. (Old) ^a	Antony Sher	Bert Franzke
Galion	Craig Hall	Alex Turrek
Beorn	Mikael Persbrandt	David Nathan
Bard	Luke Evans	Dominik Auer
Bain	John Bell	Patrick Roche
Sigrid	Peggy Nesbitt	Friederike Walke
Tilda	Mary Nesbitt	Lucy Fandrych
Mayor of Esgaroth	Stephen Fry	Alexander Duda
Alfrid	Ryan Gage	Axel Malzacher
Braga	Mark Mitchinson	Olaf Reichmann
Peridur (Percy)	Nick Blake	Thomas Darchinger
Hilda Blanca	Sarah Peirse	Dorothea Anzinger
Azog	Manu Bennett	-
Fimbul	Stephen Ure	-
Narzug	Ben Mitchell	Jan Odle
Spider 1	Peter Vere-Jones	Kai Taschner
Spider 2	Brian Sergent	Michael Pan
Host Buttercup	Richard Whiteside	Gerhard Acktun
Betsy Buttercup	Katie Jackson	Maresa Sedlmeir
Necromancer	Benedict Cumberbatch	-
Smaug	Benedict Cumberbatch	Sascha Rotermund

^a It only appears in the Extended Edition.

publication

marketing

For the DVD and Blu-ray start of the first part of the trilogy, director Peter Jackson started an action with the online mail order company Amazon . If you pre-ordered a DVD or Blu-ray disc from Amazon up to and including March 22, 2013, you received an access code with which it was possible to see Peter Jackson in an approx. 60-minute live video session on March 24, how he showed parts of the new film and revealed background information. The event was hosted by Jed Brophy , actor of the dwarf Nori, who went on a tour of the film studios in Wellington with Peter Jackson and came across several members of the crew and various actors. Furthermore, questions from fans were answered and characters presented who make their first appearance in the second film. An abridged version of the video was posted on the Internet on March 28th. In addition , a six-minute excerpt was published on YouTube on April 1st. The first trailer for the film was released on June 11, 2013. On November 4, 2013, an online fan event took place in four different cities around the world at the same time, at which a presenter and one or more cast or crew members spoke about the story of the film and revealed exclusive scenes.

place			People involved
space	city	country	Moderator	Guests
AMC Lincoln Square	New York City	United States	Anderson Cooper	Richard Armitage and Orlando Bloom
Pacific Theaters at the Grove	los Angeles	United States	Anthony Breznican	Evangeline Lilly
Odeon West End	London	Great Britain	Edith Bowman	Andy Serkis , Lee Pace and Luke Evans
Embassy Theater	Wellington	New Zealand	Jed Brophy	Peter Jackson

Benedict Cumberbatch at the world premiere in Los Angeles on December 2, 2013.

A Smaug sculpture in the Sony Center in Berlin at the European premiere of
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug .

In addition to an online stream, this live event was also broadcast in various cinemas, including the Cinemaxx Hamburg Dammtor in Hamburg .

premiere

International broadcast of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
country	Movie title	premiere
Norway Norway	Hobbits: Smaugs ødemark	Dec 10, 2013
Belgium Belgium	Le Hobbit: La désolation de Smaug	Dec 11, 2013
Denmark Denmark	Hobbies: Dragen Smaugs ødemark
Finland Finland	Hobitti: Smaugin autioittama maa
France France	Le Hobbit: La désolation de Smaug
Netherlands Netherlands	De Hobbit: de Woestenij van Smaug
Sweden Sweden	Hobbit: Smaug's edema marrow
Egypt Egypt		Dec 12, 2013
Argentina Argentina	El Hobbit: La desolación de Smaug
Chile Chile	El Hobbit: La desolación de Smaug
Germany Germany	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Greece Greece	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Israel Israel
Italy Italy	Lo Hobbit - La desolazione di Smaug
Hong Kong Hong Kong	哈比人: 荒谷惡龍
Croatia Croatia	Hobit: Šmaugovo pustošenje
Macedonia 1995 Macedonia
New Zealand New Zealand	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Austria Austria	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Peru Peru	El Hobbit: La desolación de Smaug
Portugal Portugal	O Hobbit: A Desolação de Smaug
Singapore Singapore	哈比人: 荒谷惡龍
Korea South South Korea
Thailand Thailand	เดอะ ฮ อบ บิท: ดิน แดน เปลี่ยว ร้าง ของ ส ม็ อ ค
Hungary Hungary	A hobbit: Smaug pusztasága
Brazil Brazil	O Hobbit: A Desolação de Smaug	Dec 13, 2013
Bulgaria Bulgaria	Хобит: Пущинакът на Смог
Estonia Estonia	Kääbik: Smaugi kõledus
United Kingdom United Kingdom	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Ireland Ireland	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
India India
Indonesia Indonesia	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Canada Canada	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lithuania Lithuania
Mexico Mexico	El Hobbit: La desolación de Smaug
Romania Romania
Slovenia Slovenia
Spain Spain	El Hobbit: La desolación de Smaug
South Africa South Africa	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Taiwan Taiwan	哈比人: 荒谷惡龍
Turkey Turkey	Hobbit: Smaug'un Viranesi
United States United States	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Venezuela Venezuela
Russia Russia	Хоббит: Пустошь Смауга	Dec. 19, 2013
Colombia Colombia	El Hobbit: La desolación de Smaug	Dec 20, 2013
Australia Australia	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Dec 26, 2013
Iceland Iceland	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Dec 26, 2013
Poland Poland	Hobbit: Smocze pustkowie	Dec. 27, 2013
Japan Japan	ホビットスマウグの荒らし場	Feb 28, 2014
Serbia Serbia	Hobit: Šmaugovo pustošenje

In a contract between the film studios and the New Zealand government it was agreed that one of the world premieres of the three-part Hobbit film would take place in Wellington. Since the first Hobbit film was shown there, the premiere for the second part took place on December 2, 2013 in Los Angeles .

The European premiere was on December 9, 2013 in the Sony Center in Berlin.

reception

Grossing results

As of March 31, 2014, the film had total revenues of 949.1 million US dollars (794.9 million euros; 856.4 million Swiss francs), of which 258.1 million US dollars (216, 2 million euros; 232.9 million Swiss francs) in North America.

Already on the opening weekend, Der Hobbit: Smaug 's Desolation played in 204.875 million US dollars (171.6 million euros ; 184.9 million Swiss francs ) worldwide , around 20 million less than its predecessor.

In the list of the world's most successful films of all time, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is currently number 55 (as of August 8, 2020).

Germany

On the opening weekend (December 12-15 , 2013), Smaug's Einöde and An Unexpected Journey secured first place in the cinema charts and attracted 1.16 million viewers and 13.3 million euros (16.5 million Swiss francs) ) almost 100,000 more moviegoers in the cinemas; for the first part 1.08 million were measured. In the entire 2013 film year , only Hangover 3 was more successful on the opening weekend. With 930,000 viewers and around € 10 million in sales, the film remained at number 1 in the charts on the second weekend. No other film made more money in the box office on its second weekend in 2013.

North America

With a total of 73.645 million US dollars (61.7 million euros; 66.5 million Swiss francs), the film made it to the top of the cinema charts. The Desolation of Smaug had its second-highest December midnight box office record ever; only its predecessor surpassed the film.

Audience numbers

In 2013, 4,517,069 visitors were counted at the German box offices nationwide, making the film 2nd place among the most visited films of the year. The film had been seen 5,832,036 times in Germany up to January 12, 2014.

Reviews

source	rating
Rotten tomatoes
critic
audience
Metacritic
critic
audience
OFDb
Allmovie
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audience
Movie maze
IMDb
was standing	January 30, 2014

The first reviews were definitely more positive than those of the first film in the trilogy. This resulted in a 75% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 200 reviews, and a 66 out of 100 rating on Metacritic based on 44 reviews.

"With Smaug's Desolation [...] Jackson and his team run into old 'Lord of the Rings' form. And that is not only due to the pleasant stringency of the plot and a lot of impressive action, [...] but above all to the changes and additions to the Tolkien template that were born out of the need of the lack of material. "

- Andreas Borcholte : Spiegel Online

Sonja Hartl from Spielfilm.de also noted an improvement over the first part.

"" The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug "is better than its predecessor because the added characters fit in well and he is darker overall. However, the film is not a masterpiece. "

- Sonja Hartl : Spielfilm.de

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film its “valuable” rating.

“The second part of the Hobbit trilogy is dramaturgically denser than its predecessor. But here, too, the fundamental problem remains unsolved, namely that three extra-long films are pressed from the narrow literary original. So some of the charm of the book is lost. [...] The mixture of computer-generated characters and real actors is even more seamless than in the previous films and Smaug is probably the most lively and threatening dragon that has ever been seen on a screen. His "duel" with Bilbo Baggins is clearly the highlight of the film, because this is where the spectacular special effects, the refined dialogues and the expressive play of the characters come together best. […] In Smaug's wasteland, the personalities of the individual dwarfs are also drawn much more clearly than in the first part. Narrative threads like the romance between an elf and a dwarf as well as the conflict between the corrupt mayor of Seestadt and Bard the Archer are told so skillfully that they create their own tension, but never distract too much from the central story. The orcs, on the other hand, act like dramaturgical fillers in some places, which seem to create moments of tension at will, but do not really advance or deepen the story. "

- Jury statement : German Film and Media Assessment (FBW)

Ulrich Greiner, editor of ZEIT, suspects the high level of film technology to compensate for the lack of plot density:

“Tolkien tells the hobbit playfully, with a light hand. Peter Jackson, however, flexes his muscles and grinds his teeth in the process. He overloads the film with the pathos of meaning. Because history doesn't allow that, he thunders with effects and pours the surprise bag of digital technology over us. "

- Ulrich Greiner : The time

Awards and nominations

The movie's theme song, I See Fire , was nominated for a Satellite Award in the Best Movie Song category. For the presentation of the Critics' Choice Movie Award , the film was nominated in 2013 in the categories " Best Set Design ", " Best Costumes ", " Best Make-up ", " Best Visual Effects " and "Best Actress in an Action Film". but won none of the prizes.

At the Academy Awards 2014 , the film received nominations in the categories of visual effects , sound and sound editing , but could not prevail against the co-nominees.

literature

Daniel Falconer : The Hobbit. Smaug's wasteland. Chronicle 3. Art & Design. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-608-96053-2 .
Jude Fisher : The Hobbit. Smaug's wasteland. The official companion book. Figures, landscapes & places. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-608-96044-0 .
Brian Sibley: The Hobbit. Smaug's wasteland. The official film book. How the film was made. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-608-96045-7 .

Web links

Official website (English)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with Rotten Tomatoes (English)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug at Metacritic (English)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in the online movie database
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug the All Movie Guide (English)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in the German dubbing index
Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on KinderundJugendmedien.de

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Box office earnings [million]
territory	U.S$	€	CHF
world world	960.4	804.4	866.6
Production costs	Not available

United States United States Canada Canada	258.4	216.4	233.2
Germany Germany	88.1	73.8	79.5
Austria Austria	8.6	7.2	7.8
Switzerland Switzerland	Not available
(Access date: January 19, 2015)