The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King

Domestic Total Gross: $377,027,325 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $377,845,905
Distributor: New Line	Release Date: December 17, 2003
Genre: Fantasy	Runtime: 3 hrs. 20 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $94 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$377,845,905	33.7%
+ Foreign:	$742,083,616	66.3%

= Worldwide:	$1,119,929,521

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$72,629,713
(#1 rank, 3,703 theaters, $19,613 average)
% of Total Gross:	19.3%
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Widest Release:

3,703 theaters

Close Date:

June 3, 2004

In Release:

170 days / 24.3 weeks

The Players

Director:	Peter Jackson
Writer:	Philippa Boyens
Actors:	Andy Serkis Ian McKellen Elijah Wood Viggo Mortensen Liv Tyler Sean Astin Orlando Bloom Ian Holm Cate Blanchett Karl Urban Sean Bean*
Producers:	Peter Jackson Fran Walsh
Cinematographer:	Andrew Lesnie (director of photography)
Composer:	Howard Shore
* Denotes minor role

2003 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Eleven Oscars, Including Eleven Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Fantasy - Live Action	2
Sword and Sorcery	1

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: Middle Earth	1
Series: The Lord of the Rings	1
Showdown: All Time Wednesday Opener Bout	3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown	1
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man	2
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars	3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars	2
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. The Matrix	1
Showdown: Uber-Blockbuster Showdown	4

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	28
All Time Adjusted	54
All Time Worldwide	14
Yearly 2003	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2003	3
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2003	1
Worldwide Openings	27
Worldwide Yearly 2003	1
Foreign Opening Weekends	36
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	14
Opening Weeks	57
Opening Day Gross	58
Opening Wednesdays	8
Single Day Gross	129
Non-Opening Friday Gross	32
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	15
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	29
Single Day Friday Gross	137
Single Day Monday Gross	43
Single Day Saturday Gross	95
Single Day Sunday Gross	69
Single Day Thursday Gross	21
Single Day Tuesday Gross	34
Single Day Wednesday Gross	9
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	19
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	102
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	95
New Years Days	6
Christmas Days	12
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	174
Opening Weekends	81
Opening Weekends - December	6
Opening Weekends - Holiday	18
Eleventh Weekends	71
Ninth Weekends	54
Tenth Weekends	70
Top 10-Day Grosses	46
Top 3-Day Grosses	81
Top 4-Day Grosses	59
Top 6-Day Grosses	46
Top 7-Day Grosses	42
Top 8-Day Grosses	47
Top 9-Day Grosses	49
Twelfth Weekends	49
Twelfth Weekends	33
Top 5-Day Grosses	49
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	10
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	35
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	90
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	112
Consecutive Weekends At #1	27
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	121
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	98
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	72
Second Weekends	38
Third Weekends	40
Fourth Weekends	90
Fifth Weekends	73
Sixth Weekends	114
Seventh Weekends	102
Eighth Weekends	89
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	92
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	202
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	320
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,070
Rated PG-13	19
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	57
Widest Releases	207
Widest Opening Releases	187
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	102
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	110
Fastest to $100 million	60
Fastest to $150 million	43
Fastest to $200 million	44
Fastest to $250 million	26
Fastest to $300 million	26
Fastest to $350 million	25
Slowest to $100 million	559
Slowest to $200 million	123
Best Picture Nomination Effect	145
BOM Users' Grades	6
BOM Users' Grades (2003 Releases)	1
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on February 16, 2004)	6
Yearly (Wide) 2003	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2003	3
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	11
Opening Weeks Adjusted	40
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	23
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	10
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	12
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	62
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	100
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	34
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	56
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	40
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	15
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	16
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	6
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	107
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	93
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	2
Opening Weekends Adjusted	53
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	11
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	109
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	88
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	110
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	53
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	7
Second Weekends Adjusted	22
Third Weekends Adjusted	28
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	106
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	107
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	160
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	170
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	134
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	13
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	39