--- title: "How long to watch all six Middle-earth films? about 17 hours 1" description: "All six Middle-earth films takes about 17 hours 12 minutes — 6 films, theatrical cuts. What that assumes, how it breaks down, and how long at a realistic pace." url: https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/middle-earth-films/ site: "At One Place" --- # How long does it take to watch all six Middle-earth films? **How long to watch all six Middle-earth films: about 17 hours 12 minutes** 6 films, theatrical cuts The three Lord of the Rings films and the three Hobbit films together run 17 hours 12 minutes theatrically. The Hobbit trilogy takes 474 minutes to adapt a 95,000-word children's book, while the Lord of the Rings trilogy takes 558 minutes for 455,000 words — roughly five times the screen time per word of source. That ratio is the clearest single argument in the long dispute about whether The Hobbit should have been three films. In extended form the six films come to about 21 hours. ## The numbers - **Total:** 17 hours 12 minutes - **In hours:** 17.2 hours - **Non-stop:** 0.7 days without sleeping - **Covers:** 6 films, theatrical cuts - **At a realistic pace:** a film a night - **That works out as:** about 6 days ## What this assumes Theatrical cuts of all six films: 558 minutes for the Lord of the Rings trilogy and 474 for The Hobbit. > The extended edition of The Battle of the Five Armies is quoted at both 157 and 164 minutes, so the six-film extended total is uncertain by several minutes. ## Other films | What | How long | | --- | --- | | The Marvel Cinematic Universe | about 83 hours | | The Infinity Saga | about 50 hours | | The Star Wars Skywalker saga | about 20 hours 26 minutes | | Every Star Wars film | about 27 hours 7 minutes | | The Lord of the Rings films | about 9 hours 18 minutes | | The Lord of the Rings extended editions | about 12 hours 6 minutes | | The Harry Potter films | about 19 hours 39 minutes | | The James Bond films | about 53 hours 28 minutes | | Every Pixar film | about 52 hours | | Every Studio Ghibli film | about 39 hours 30 minutes | | The DC Extended Universe | about 33 hours 15 minutes | | The Fast & Furious films | about 20 hours 42 minutes | | The Jurassic Park films | about 14 hours 40 minutes | | The Indiana Jones films | about 10 hours 35 minutes | | The Mission: Impossible films | about 18 hours 24 minutes | | The Matrix films | about 9 hours 11 minutes | ## Common questions ### How long does it take to watch all six Middle-earth films? about 17 hours 12 minutes — 6 films, theatrical cuts. ### What does that assume? Theatrical cuts of all six films: 558 minutes for the Lord of the Rings trilogy and 474 for The Hobbit. ### How long at a realistic pace? a film a night — about 6 days. ## Related pages - [How long to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/marvel-cinematic-universe/) - [How long to watch the Infinity Saga?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/mcu-infinity-saga/) - [How long to watch the Star Wars Skywalker saga?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/star-wars-skywalker-saga/) - [How long to watch every Star Wars film?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/star-wars-all-films/) - [How long to watch the Lord of the Rings films?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/lord-of-the-rings-films/) - [How long to watch the Lord of the Rings extended editions?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/lord-of-the-rings-extended/) - [How long to watch the Harry Potter films?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/harry-potter-films/) - [How long to watch the James Bond films?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/james-bond-films/) - [How long to read the Harry Potter series?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/harry-potter-series/) - [How long to watch Friends?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/friends/) - [How long to watch One Piece?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/one-piece/) - [How long to watch The Simpsons?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-simpsons/) - [How long to watch The Office (US)?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-office-us/) - [How long to watch Breaking Bad?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/breaking-bad/) ## Sources - Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)