The hobbit

The hobbit

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  The Hobbit The Battle ofthe Five ArmiesBy Jack Beeson & Archie Edmonds
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  Directed by: PeterJackson Produced by: Carolynne Cunningham Zane Weiner Fran Walsh Peter Jackson Screenplay by:Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson Guillermo del Toro Based on:The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Music by:Howard Shore Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie Edited by: Jabez Olssen Production Companies: New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer WingNut Films Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures Running time: 144 minutes Language: English Budget: $250 million Box office: $951.4 million Credits
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  Release Date The Battleof the Five Armies was released on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand and on 17 December 2014 in the United States and in 12 December in the UK. As of February 1, 2015, it has grossed over $915 million, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2014 and the 31th highest-grossing film of all time. At the 87th Academy Awards, the film received a nomination for Best Sound Editing. It is the third and final installment in the three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, following An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Desolation of Smaug (2013).
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  Further information: Castof The Hobbit film series and Casting of The Hobbit film series: Martin Freeman as Young Bilbo Baggins Ian Holm as Old Bilbo Baggins Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey Richard Armitage as Thorin II Oakenshield Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug the Magnificent and Sauron the Necromancer Orlando Bloom as Legolas Greenleaf Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman Lee Pace as Thranduil Graham McTavish as Dwalin Ken Stott as Balin Aidan Turner as Kíli Dean O'Gorman as Fíli Mark Hadlow as Dori Adam Brown as Ori John Callen as Óin Peter Hambleton as Glóin William Kircher as Bifur James Nesbitt as Bofur Stephen Hunter as Bombur Cate Blanchett as Galadriel Hugo Weaving as Elrond Christopher Lee as Saruman the White Sylvester McCoy as Radagast the Brown Manu Bennett as Azog the Defiler John Tui as Bolg Billy Connolly as Dáin Mikael Persbrandt as Beorn Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown Ryan Gage as Alfrid Mark Mitchinson as Braga John Bell as Bain Peggy and Mary Nesbitt as Tilda and S Cast
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  Posters From viewing the3 different main posters at first glance the two most important things which stick out the most is “The Hobbit” and “December 17” this is good marketing as it displays easily the two most important things they want to get noticed.
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  The Teaser Trailer
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  The Final Trailer
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  The Website The websiteis a massive part of the marketing for the hobbit film which includes many different promotional activities, videos and even games to promote the movie
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  As you cansee to the left from a screenshot of the website there is a list of many different pages and activities to promote the film. Such as videos meeting the cast and links to book tickets to see the film.
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  The two gameswhich feature on the website which will allow users to get involved into the website which will promote the film. This is a good example of the interactivity on the website which the website has much depth on
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  Sound Track The soundtrackhas also been released for the film which is available to buy and also available on spotify for customers
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  Box Office These arethe box office statistics as from February the 18th. As a worldwide box office of $951,332,502 which Is still rising.
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  Institutions The Hobbit franchiseis distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This is one of the largest production companies in the world which is the main distributor for The Hobbit trio of films. Warner Bros is mainly known from The Looney Tunes cartoon series. They also were involved in the distribution and production of the Harry Potter and the Batman films and many more
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  Merchandise This is someof the official clothing from The Hobbits official store this will promote the film on the marketing side and also bring more revenue into the film
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  Social Networking Social networkingis a very important part of marketing a film and any product in this day and age. Here is the official twitter and facebook page of The Hobbit where people are able to view real time news of The Hobbit and promotions from their phone or computer etc…
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  The Hobbit wasoriginally envisioned as a two-part film, but Jackson confirmed plans for a third film on 30 July 2012, turning his adaptation of The Hobbit into a trilogy. The third film in the trilogy was originally called ‘there and back again’ however they changed the name once it was decided to be a trilogy and it was then changed to ‘the battle of the five armies’. Pre-Production
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  Marketing To promote thefilm's release, Wellington-based association football club, Wellington Phoenix, wore a special designed jersey to commemorate the opening of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. The custom, film-themed jersey was worn only once, on 13 December 2014. In the film's Japanese release on December 13, Warner Brothers collaborated with mobile gaming company A-Lim to bring Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and Legolas into the game Brave Frontier at the end of December as Vortex Dungeon units.
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  Marketing Lego was createdof the hobbit film characters and various sets are now still available to buy. Technological:
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  Marketing Technological:
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  The film failedto earn $1 billion at the box office despite various critics projecting it to reach that milestone. The Hollywood Reporter said that the possibility of The Battle of the Five Armies grossing $1 billion worldwide was extremely low due to "plunging exchange rates around the globe," that were witnessed in that year and that Warner Bros. and MGM ultimately will take in nearly $90 million less than they planned on receiving due to rising dollar and plunging foreign currencies. Successful?