The extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is 182 minutes long. That version adds 13 minutes of footage to the 169-minute theatrical release, bringing the total runtime to just over three hours.
The extended edition arrived on home media on November 5, 2013, after the film’s original 2012 theatrical run. The added material expands character moments and scenes in Middle-earth rather than changing the film’s central storyline: Bilbo Baggins still joins Thorin Oakenshield and his thirteen Dwarves on their journey toward the Lonely Mountain.
Runtime is a common source of confusion because 169 minutes is the theatrical length, while 182 minutes belongs specifically to the extended edition. The film is the first entry in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy, which adapts J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel and also draws on material from The Lord of the Rings appendices. Its two sequels were released in 2013 and 2014.