The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
“From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends.”
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
How The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of The Hobbit, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #2 of 3
- Rank in the series by rating
- The first film
- Where it sits in the series
- 40%
- Share of the series audience
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) ranks 2nd of the 3 rated films in The Hobbit series, at 7.4/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.4/10.
It is the film that started the series, 2 years before the most recent entry, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014).
Its 20,043 TMDB ratings are 40% of the 50,324 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for The Hobbit, comparing all 3 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is film 1 of 3. See the complete watch order.