![]() Let's get a few things out of the way right off the bat. Meaning the smart money should be on The Battle of the Five Armies to do in the neighborhood of $1 billion. That movie - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - grossed $950 million around the world. As the last entry in the cinematic Tolkien universe, this film is going to at least match the performance of the previous entry in the series. Stay tuned.The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hits domestic theaters December 17th, although it has already opened in Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, and New Zealand, and opens in most other foreign countries this weekend. However, the studio could end up appealing the rating and maybe all this fuss will be for nothing. Surely we'll hear what was gruesome enough to land the film an R-rating once fall rolls around, but until then we'll just have to imagine what it might be. The MPAA isn't the most consistent organization when it comes to rating movies anyway, and they've struck plenty of deals with studios when hoping to land a certain rating before the movie hits theaters.įor now, count me intrigued to see what's been added to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, but likely not enough to go sit through the extended edition in theaters. ![]() maybe told the MPAA they wouldn't mind if they got an R-rating for the final Hobbit movie, just to turn some heads. ![]() I'm not much for conspiracy theories, but I wouldn't be surprised if Warner Bros. It's the same logic behind releasing an unrated cut or a director's cut (though the latter is sometimes a motivation from the filmmaker rather than the studio). Pictures, New Line and MGM want you to think so that you're inclined to go see what all the fuss is about when the extended edition hits theaters in October and also home video in November. So it begs the question, what has Peter Jackson added to The Battle of the Five Armies in order to amp the rating up to an R? But that's likely exactly what Warner Bros. ![]()
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