Meanwhile, the FBI""s investigation into the Hardin family murders led to suspicions that Hardin, who had invested in a string of shopping centers during a recession, was shielding his record profits from the IRS." The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)d.Peter Jackson, 161 minutes (186 minutes extended)Film Plot SummaryPrologue (Flashback)On a thundering, stormy night in the town of Bree (on the borders of the Shire), short-statured, raincoat-wearing, bearded Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) entered the Prancing Pony.It also reached $200 million and $300 million in grosses faster than any film in history (8 and 16 days respectively)., he found that Biff was only an obedient auto-detailer, and his father was a successful book author.[Flashback: While 13 year-old Clark Kent (Dylan Sprayberry) was riding on a schoolbus and being bullied by teenaged classmate Pete Ross (Joseph Cranford), the bus had a flat tire as it was crossing a bridge, and it careened over the side into a deep body of water.