thats pretty much an opinion and doesn't have an answer but my vote ison adventure time
lord of the rings had a bigger fanbase in a short time then harry potter
The events in The Hobbit occurred about 55 years before the events of the Lord of the Rings. Bilbo was 55 when he went on his adventure with the dwarves in The Hobbit and turned 56 on that journey. The Party that starts the Lord of the Rings was Bilbo's eleventy-first (111) birthday.There is no real time associated with this story, it is fiction.The Hobbit took place in the middle earth,with eggs and bacon.
The Hobbit and Wheel of Time
Harry Potter. Lord of the Rings is better. The Lord of the Rings movies have been awarded Oscars. Harry potter has been given awards also. Gandalf pwns dumbledore. aragron owns harry potter. arwen owns hermoine. legolas owns ron. gimli pwns draco. and everyone of lord of the rings pwns harry potter .
At the end of the time of elves and the beginning of the time of men. (aka, middle earth)
The Third Age
About 14-18 minutes
The Hobbit is set about 60 years before most of the events in The Lord of the Rings.The Hobbit was published in 1937. The Lord of the Rings did not come out for over 20 years after that. It took Tolkien a long time to write the follow up.
New Line Cinema
There is no similar phrase in The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings.
Lord of the Rings has won more awards and netted much more money than Shrek. And there is no 'book' for Shrek, whereas The Lord of the Rings is one of the largest selling books of all time, selling over 150 million copies.
The end of the Third Age of Middle Earth. It is fictional, so there is no connection with real time.