The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Summary Details
Distributor
Opening$14,676,989
729 theaters
Budget$94,000,000
Release DateFeb 14, 2004
MPAAPG-13
Running Time3 hr 21 min
GenresAction Adventure Drama Fantasy
In Release322 days/46 weeks
Widest Release738 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Feb 14-151$14,676,989-729-$20,133$14,676,9891
Feb 21-221$7,501,339-48.9%737+8$10,178$31,828,3582
Feb 28-291$6,517,391-13.1%738+1$8,831$45,050,2693
Mar 6-71$4,724,522-27.5%698-40$6,768$55,399,6864
Mar 13-141$3,996,075-15.4%660-38$6,054$63,951,7475
Mar 20-211$3,545,103-11.3%650-10$5,454$71,152,5506
Mar 27-281$2,673,491-24.6%633-17$4,223$77,109,6827
Apr 3-42$2,234,354-16.4%614-19$3,639$82,779,5508
Apr 10-111$1,614,527-27.7%589-25$2,741$86,167,8309
Apr 17-183$1,288,376-20.2%532-57$2,421$88,630,18810
Apr 24-257$602,770-53.2%330-202$1,826$90,394,39111
May 1-26$697,732+15.8%312-18$2,236$91,903,15312
May 8-98$281,717-59.6%109-203$2,584$93,816,96613