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THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
THE RETURN OF THE KING


Domestic Total Gross: $377,027,325
Distributor: New LineRelease Date: December 17, 2003
Genre: FantasyRunning Time: 3 hrs. 20 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13Production Budget: $94 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $377,027,325    33.7%
Foreign:  $742,083,616    66.3%

= Worldwide:  $1,119,110,941  

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

2003 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 11 Oscars, including 11 wins. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Fantasy - Live Action 1

FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
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 (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 12
All Time Adjusted 51
All Time Worldwide 3
Yearly 2003 1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2003 3
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2003 1
Worldwide Openings 8
Worldwide Yearly 2003 1
Foreign Opening Weekends 12
Non-Friday Opening Weekends 11
Opening Weeks 20
Opening Day Gross 19
Opening Wednesdays 5
Single Day Gross 38
Non-Opening Friday Gross 19
Non-Opening Thursday Gross 8
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross 10
Single Day Friday Gross 58
Single Day Monday Gross 22
Single Day Saturday Gross 34
Single Day Sunday Gross 26
Single Day Thursday Gross 12
Single Day Tuesday Gross 12
Single Day Wednesday Gross 5
Non-Holiday Monday Gross 8
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 48
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 161
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 45
New Years Days 5
Christmas Days 5
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends 119
Opening Weekends 32
Opening Weekends - December 3
Opening Weekends - Fall 32
Opening Weekends - Holiday 7
Eleventh Weekends 62
Ninth Weekends 44
Tenth Weekends 61
Top 10-Day Grosses 15
Top 3-Day Grosses 30
Top 4-Day Grosses 20
Top 6-Day Grosses 17
Top 7-Day Grosses 15
Top 8-Day Grosses 18
Top 9-Day Grosses 18
Twelfth Weekends 44
Twelfth Weekends 29
Top 5-Day Grosses 19
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday 7
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) 34
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) 87
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive) 105
Consecutive Weekends At #1 26
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 115
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5 91
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends 48
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends 165
Second Weekends 15
Third Weekends 17
Fourth Weekends 53
Fifth Weekends 51
Sixth Weekends 84
Seventh Weekends 83
Eighth Weekends 72
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) 62
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 149
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 256
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 951
Rated PG-13 8
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends 23
Widest Releases 69
Widest Opening Releases 62
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings 31
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases 33
Fastest to $100 million 21
Fastest to $150 million 16
Fastest to $200 million 16
Fastest to $250 million 10
Fastest to $300 million 10
Fastest to $350 million 11
Slowest to $100 million 390
Slowest to $200 million 79
Best Picture Nomination Effect 105
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
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Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday *
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MOVIE REVIEW: A Decent End to An Epic Trilogy (by Sean Saulsbury)

THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Peter Jackson
Actors:Ian McKellen
Elijah Wood
Viggo Mortensen
Liv Tyler
Sean Astin
Orlando Bloom
Ian Holm
Cate Blanchett
Sean Bean
Producer:Peter Jackson
Cinematographer:Andrew Lesnie (director of photography)
Composer:Howard Shore
GRADE THIS MOVIE
Readers A- (9345 votes)
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 7,443 79.6%
Bs: 1,129 12.1%
Cs: 263 2.8%
Ds: 101 1.1%
Fs: 409 4.4%

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: Return of the King (Extended Edition), Return of the King (Exended Edition Gift Set), The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy, The Return of the King (Theatrical & Extended Limited Edition)
• Original Score (Howard Shore): Enhanced, Limited Edition, Enhanced SE 3CD Set with Trading Cards
Posters
• Books: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein, Artwork From the Movie
• Toys: Aragorn, Troll, Electronic Sword, Barbie Arwen and Aragorn, Treebeard, Frodo in Goblin Armor, Crossbow, Gollum, Sam, Eomer, 6" Figure Bundle, Ringwraith, Gimli, 6" Figure Bundle (more), Warg Rider, 6" Figure Bundle (even more), Legolas, Legolas and Gimli, Rohan
• Games: PS2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PC/Windows
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