The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring

Domestic Total Gross: $313,364,114 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $315,544,750
Distributor: New Line	Release Date: December 19, 2001
Genre: Fantasy	Runtime: 2 hrs. 58 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $93 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$315,544,750	36.2%
+ Foreign:	$555,985,574	63.8%

= Worldwide:	$871,530,324

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$47,211,490
(#1 rank, 3,359 theaters, $14,055 average)
% of Total Gross:	15.1%
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Widest Release:

3,381 theaters

In Release:

243 days / 34.7 weeks

The Players

Director:	Peter Jackson
Writers:	Philippa Boyens Fran Walsh Fran Walsh
Actors:	Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Viggo Mortensen Cate Blanchett Liv Tyler Ian Holm Christopher Lee Sean Astin Sean Bean Orlando Bloom Hugo Weaving
Producers:	Peter Jackson Fran Walsh
Cinematographer:	Andrew Lesnie (director of photography)
Composer:	Howard Shore

2001 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Thirteen Oscars, Including Four Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Fantasy - Live Action	6
Sword and Sorcery	3

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: The Lord of the Rings	3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown	3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter	3

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	40
All Time Adjusted	77
All Time Worldwide	37
Yearly 2001	2
Yearly Opening Weekends 2001	10
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2001	1
Worldwide Yearly 2001	2
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	38
Opening Weeks	101
Opening Day Gross	156
Opening Wednesdays	18
Single Day Gross	547
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	48
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	24
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	23
Single Day Monday Gross	133
Single Day Saturday Gross	263
Single Day Thursday Gross	64
Single Day Tuesday Gross	29
Single Day Wednesday Gross	23
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	200
New Years Days	10
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	89
Opening Weekends	186
Opening Weekends - December	12
Opening Weekends - Holiday	38
Eleventh Weekends	39
Ninth Weekends	36
Tenth Weekends	43
Top 10-Day Grosses	88
Top 3-Day Grosses	215
Top 6-Day Grosses	110
Top 7-Day Grosses	96
Top 8-Day Grosses	91
Top 9-Day Grosses	93
Twelfth Weekends	40
Twelfth Weekends	38
Top 5-Day Grosses	118
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	24
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	36
Consecutive Weekends At #1	66
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	47
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	193
Second Weekends	62
Third Weekends	58
Fourth Weekends	48
Fifth Weekends	30
Sixth Weekends	67
Seventh Weekends	80
Eighth Weekends	117
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	40
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	66
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	112
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	506
Rated PG-13	26
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	118
Widest Releases	367
Widest Opening Releases	356
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	197
Fastest to $100 million	90
Fastest to $150 million	67
Fastest to $200 million	56
Fastest to $250 million	54
Fastest to $300 million	43
Slowest to $100 million	482
Slowest to $200 million	93
Best Picture Nomination Effect	133
BOM Users' Grades	12
BOM Users' Grades (2001 Releases)	1
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on May 12, 2002)	9
Yearly (Wide) 2001	2
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2001	10
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	30
Opening Weeks Adjusted	64
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	56
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	34
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	10
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	10
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	209
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	98
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	175
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	96
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	41
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	14
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	17
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	200
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	8
Opening Weekends Adjusted	136
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	31
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	53
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	62
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	74
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	56
Second Weekends Adjusted	40
Third Weekends Adjusted	47
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	46
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	50
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	95
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	110
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	170
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	17
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	95