Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug roared to a strong $73.7 million in its domestic debut to take its place atop the weekend’s box-office mountain. A New Line Cinema, MGM and Warner ...

Let’s take a step back for a moment. When considering Peter Jackson’s screen adaptation of the beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy there is much to admire about its execution. Not only did Jackson have ...

Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and their company thirteen dwarves have managed to leave the Misty Mountains almost unscathed after a series of death-defying encounters with trolls, stone giants, goblins and ...

3rd UPDATE, 3:20 PM PT Monday: The Lego Movie has upped its overseas weekend cume to $24M in its 48 markets due to stronger UK and France numbers. It now has an international total estimated at $93.5M ...

The middle chapter in the Peter Jackson-directed trilogy hit U.S. theaters on Friday. By THR Staff It’s time to go back to Middle Earth for the latest chapter in Peter Jackson‘s Hobbit trilogy. The ...

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Martin Freeman, left, and John Callen in a scene from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Mark Pokorny) "The ...

In the first film in the Hobbit trilogy, we meet a hobbit known as Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm). He begins to tell a story that happened to him many years ago. We turn back in time to a younger Bilbo ...

HONG KONG — “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” put up a very strong opening weekend in its first outing in China. Over the three days it grossed an estimated $32.5 million (RMB198 million). With an ...

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” improves on the first film in the trilogy and leaves the audience hanging with a painful cliffhanger, just as the plot was getting somewhere good. Not that the ...

After a bumpy beginning with 'An Unexpected Journey,' Peter Jackson's 'Hobbit' trilogy finds its footing in this much more exciting and purposeful second chapter. Although Jackson’s “Hobbit” pics have ...