99-days-to-go If you live in Belgium, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Norway, or parts of Switzerland, congratulations — it’s only 99 days until The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug debuts in your region! It opens a day later in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Serbia & Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switz-German and Thailand.

Here are the release dates as listed by region on the official website for The Hobbit:

North America:
USA — Dec 13

Europe:
Azog the DefilerAustria — Dec 13
Belguim — Dec 11
Croatia — Dec 12
Cyprus — Dec 13
Czech Republic — Dec 12
Estonia — Dec 13
Germany — Dec 12
Greece — Dec 12
Italy — Dec 12
Latvia — Dec 13
Lithuania — Dec 13
Holland/The Netherlands — Dec 11
Russia — Dec 19
Serbia & Montenegro — Dec 12
Slovakia — Dec 12
Slovenia — Dec 12
Spain — Dec 13
Switz-French — Dec 11
Switz-German — Dec 12
Turkey — Dec 13
Ukraine — Dec 19
United Kingdom — Dec 13

Asia-Pacific
Thorin Oakenshield Australia — Dec 26
Hong Kong — Dec 12
India — Dec 13
Indonesia — Dec 13
Japan — Feb 28
South Korea — Dec 12
Malaysia — Dec 12
New Zealand — Dec 12
Phillipines — Dec 12
Singapore — Dec 12
Taiwan — Dec 13
Thailand — Dec 12

Latin America & Carribiean
Argentina — Dec 12
Bolivia — Dec 12
Brazil — Dec 13
Chile — Dec 19
Colombia — Dec 25
Mexico — Dec 13
Panama — Dec 13
bilbo on gold Peru — Dec 12
Uruguay — Dec 13
Venezuela — Dec 13

The Middle East & Africa
Egypt — Dec 13
Lebanon — Dec 12
South Africa — Dec 13
United Arab Emirates — Dec 12

And as something to share around to celebrate that there’s only 99 Days To Go, click the link below and check out the detail on this large close-up of the official Desolation of Smaug one-sheet. I really am starting to wonder whether Bilbo is actually on the ruins of Ravenhill after all.

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