can feel remotely comfortable putting up the better part of $1 billion to make and market not two but three Hobbit films. A knowledgeable source says the first two installments cost $315 million ...

as the 2003 release ended up with a staggering worldwide tally of $1.1 billion. When “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” debuted in the U.S. and Canada in December, its $84.6-million launch ...

Peter Jackson's latest big-screen trilogy based on a J.R.R. Tolkien classic concludes next month with the epic The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and Lord of the Rings actor Billy Boyd's ...

as the 2003 release ended up with a staggering worldwide tally of $1.1 billion. When “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” debuted in the U.S. and Canada in December, its $84.6-million launch ...