Gallery: World Premiere of The Hobbit

The Red Carpet carpet, made of velvet, shag and our entire year's salary.

Red carpet action from the premiere of The Hobbit, in Wellington New Zealand…

The Red Carpet carpet, made of velvet, shag and our entire year's salary.

A first-person view of what it looks like to be a celebrity entering a première.

Martin Freeman and Cate Blanchett were kind enough to arrive early and pose.

The masses are back...

James Nesbitt, who played Bofur in the film.

Pete.

Director James Cameron, in all his three dimensional glory.

Elijah Wood.

Andy Serkis interviews himself.