THDOS_Main_smRinger fan Nate sends along this update from BoxOffice.com on the opening of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug:

The Hobbit trilogy continues its journey to box office gold. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug posted a $2.8 million bow in its Wednesday debut in France, an 8% bump from last year’s installment. The Hobbit sequel scored 262.8k admissions from 909 screens in the territory. Paris contributed 57.5K of the admissions, 15% ahead of the opening day tally of its predecessor. [Read More]

Join Happy Hobbit’s Fili and Kili as TheOneRing.net’s official representatives on the black carpet of the Word Premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, held on December 2, 2013 in Hollywood. You’ll also get a glimpse of Air New Zealand’s new Smaug plane, find out what goes on behind the scenes as press, and of course, hear a little about TORn’s latest moot (or gathering, for those who don’t speak Entish!).

Below are some of the highlights from the night and weekend of festivities. For more pictures and lots of fun, follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

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Fili, Dis, Thorin, and Kili. Durin family photo! At the moot.

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The “other” Fili and Kili are Happy Hobbits!

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Smaug and Bilbo before the infamous incident.

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On the black carpet!

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Kili and Fili and Kili and Fili!

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This Kili and Fili love Azog!

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Evie gives some Happy Hobbit love.

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Dean recognizes Fili, making her a very happy hobbit!

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Bofur (Justin): the unsung hero! Thank you so much for all of your hard work!

film cellsThanks to all who entered our competition to win an exclusive Hobbit collectible from the good folks at Trendsetter/Film Cells Ltd.  We had well over a thousand entries!  Congratulations to our winner, Cyra – enjoy your prize!

For those who didn’t win, Film Cells Ltd are still offering their special 10% discount on all Lord of the Rings and Hobbit collectibles at their website, just for TheOneRing,net’s readers!  Enter this code at checkout: 1RING2013    The code  is valid until December 24th.  (Within the US there is also an offer for free shipping – use the code FREESHIP.)

[Click here to shop at Film Cells Ltd or visit their facebook page here]

Martin FreemanMSN UK are going to be chatting with Bilbo Baggins himself, and they want YOU to ask him a question. They are looking for the world’s biggest fans to pose questions via Skype; the best and most creative questions will then be shown to Martin Freeman, for him to answer. The only criteria for entry is that you must be 15 or older; and the deadline for questions to be submitted (via Skype’s video messaging tool) is TODAY (Wednesday 11th) at 6pm GMT – that’s 6pm in the UK. So get those thinking caps on and put your question to everyone’s favourite burglar!

The interview will take place tomorrow (Thursday 12th); we’ll share MSN’s video with you after it’s happened, so you can see if your question was chosen!

Click here for all details on how to record your question.

We promised you it was coming – here is it! The best present you could buy – for yourself or for the Middle-earth fan in your life!

signed posterThis is your chance to bid on an exclusive There… And Back Again Poster signed by 31 of The Hobbit cast members!  Richard Armitage, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom – they’re all on here, with many more.  The signatures were gathered when the cast were filming down in New Zealand; 3Foot7 then generously donated the poster to TORn, to support the website.

Get your hands on this incredible, exclusive collectible!  The ebay auction can be found here.

 

UPDATE!  The Auction for The Hobbit Poster was completed 6 1/2 hrs after it started with a Buy It Now purchase of $10,000!  This is an incredibly generous gift for TheOneRing.net and will help SO MUCH!  Our deepest gratitude and praise to the Winning Bidder. Continue reading “‘Hobbit” Poster Signed by Everyone Auction is… DONE!!!”