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.

Grosses

Domestic (33.1%)
$377,027,325
Summary Details
DistributorNew Line Cinema
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Opening$72,629,713
3,703 theaters
Budget$94,000,000
MPAAPG-13
Running Time3 hr 21 min
GenresAction Adventure Drama Fantasy
In Release381 days/54 weeks
Widest Release3,703 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 19-211$72,629,713-3,703-$19,613$124,100,5341
Dec 26-281$50,598,104-30.3%3,703-$13,664$222,268,7082
Jan 2-41$28,180,378-44.3%3,703-$7,610$290,410,9613
Jan 9-111$14,209,098-49.6%3,532-171$4,022$312,320,9364
Jan 16-183$10,219,470-28.1%3,003-529$3,403$326,812,1025
Jan 16-19
MLK wknd
2$12,447,761-3,003-$4,145$329,040,393-
Jan 23-255$6,786,756-33.6%2,558-445$2,653$337,817,9986
Jan 30-Feb 14$5,310,803-21.7%2,256-302$2,354$345,331,8157
Feb 6-87$4,293,671-19.2%1,878-378$2,286$351,133,3438
Feb 13-158$4,187,195-2.5%1,663-215$2,517$356,464,7709
Feb 13-16
Presidents' Day wknd
8$5,090,281-1,663-$3,060$357,367,856-
Feb 20-2210$2,850,455-31.9%1,407-256$2,025$361,118,93410
Feb 27-2911$2,174,665-23.7%1,112-295$1,955$364,115,61211
Mar 5-77$3,037,822+39.7%1,903+791$1,596$368,210,17012
Mar 12-149$2,021,501-33.5%1,307-596$1,546$371,147,79413
Mar 19-2111$1,350,748-33.2%1,021-286$1,322$373,359,55714
Mar 26-2815$705,817-47.7%661-360$1,067$374,556,57215
Apr 2-419$373,903-47%348-313$1,074$375,204,55016
Apr 9-1121$289,233-22.6%338-10$855$375,667,23317
Apr 9-12
Easter wknd
21$338,277-338-$1,000$375,716,277-
Apr 16-1828$227,321-21.4%295-43$770$376,058,55118
Apr 23-2527$194,730-14.3%268-27$726$376,337,43219
Apr 30-May 235$154,631-20.6%221-47$699$376,556,58320
May 7-938$103,709-32.9%190-31$545$376,716,32821
May 14-1640$92,571-10.7%153-37$605$376,853,00222
May 21-2344$72,176-22%135-18$534$376,958,96523
May 28-3056$25,304-64.9%61-74$414$377,013,07324
May 28-31
Memorial Day wknd
72$31,483-61-$516$377,019,252-