LORD OF THE RINGS VS. SPIDER-MAN
Movie Summary Return of the King Two Towers Spider-Man Genre Fantasy Fantasy Action / Adventure Studio New Line New Line Sony / Columbia Release Date December 17, 2003 December 18, 2002 May 3, 2002 Domestic Gross $377,027,325 $339,789,881 $403,706,375 Production Budget $94 million $94 million $139 million Running Time 3 hrs. 20 min. 2 hrs. 59 min. 2 hrs. 1 min. MPAA Rating PG-13 PG-13 PG-13 MPAA Reason for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images epic battle sequences and scary images stylized violence and action PREMIER PASS FEATURES • Create your own comparisons with up to six movies in each chart CLICK HERE TO
ADVERTISEMENT (scroll to continue with chart) Domestic Summary Return of the King Two Towers Spider-Man Total Gross $377,027,325 $339,789,881 $403,706,375 Opening Weekend* $72,629,713 $62,007,528 $114,844,116 Theaters 3,703 3,622 3,615 Average $19,613 $17,119 $31,768 Opening % of Total 19.3% 18.2% 28.4% Second Weekend Drop -30.3% -21.2% -37.8% Widest Release 3,703 3,622 3,876 Close Date June 3, 2004 August 24, 2003 August 18, 2002 In Release 170 days / 24 weeks 250 days / 36 weeks 108 days / 15 weeks *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. Worldwide Summary Return of the King Two Towers Spider-Man Worldwide Gross $1,119,110,941 $923,285,627 $821,708,551 Foreign Gross $742,083,616 $583,495,746 $418,002,176 Foreign % of Worldwide 66.3% 63.2% 50.9% Domestic Gross $377,027,325 $339,789,881 $403,706,375 Domestic % of Worldwide 33.7% 36.8% 49.1% People Summary Return of the King Two Towers Spider-Man Actor: Cate Blanchett #1 n/a - Actor: Elijah Wood #1 #2 - Actor: Ian McKellen #1 #2 - Actor: Liv Tyler #1 #2 - Actor: Orlando Bloom #2 #3 - Actor: Viggo Mortensen #1 #2 - Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie #1 #2 - Composer: Howard Shore #1 #2 - Director: Peter Jackson #1 #2 - Producer: Peter Jackson #1 #2 - Genres & Franchises Return of the King Two Towers Spider-Man Franchise: The Lord of the Rings #1 #2 - Genre: Fantasy - Live Action #1 #2 - Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown #1 #2 - Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man #2 #3 #1 Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars #3 - #2 Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars #2 #3 - Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. The Matrix #1 #2 - Showdown: Uber-Blockbuster Showdown #4 - #2 Chart Rankings Return of the King Two Towers Spider-Man All Time Domestic #11 #15 #8 All Time Adjusted #50 #59 #34 All Time Worldwide #2 #9 #21 Yearly 2002 - #2 #1 Yearly Opening Weekends 2002 - #5 #1 Yearly PG-13 Rated 2002 - #2 #1 Worldwide Openings #7 #17 #34 Worldwide Yearly 2002 - #1 #3 Foreign Opening Weekends #9 #16 - Non-Friday Opening Weekends #11 #16 - Opening Weeks #18 #23 #6 Opening Day Gross #19 #37 #13 Opening Wednesdays #5 #8 - Single Day Gross #37 #97 #15 Non-Opening Friday Gross #17 #22 #19 Non-Opening Thursday Gross #8 #11 - Non-Opening Tuesday Gross #7 #29 #13 Non-Opening Wednesday Gross - #7 #26 Single Day Friday Gross #54 #80 #8 Single Day Monday Gross #20 #21 #35 Single Day Saturday Gross #32 #61 #6 Single Day Sunday Gross #23 #40 #10 Single Day Thursday Gross #12 #15 - Single Day Tuesday Gross #9 #34 #17 Single Day Wednesday Gross #5 #9 #63 Non-Holiday Monday Gross #6 #19 #10 Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time #44 #74 #5 Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends #43 #71 #5 New Years Days #2 #5 - Christmas Days #3 #5 - Sunday Share of Opening Weekends #117 #107 - Opening Weekends #30 #56 #5 Opening Weekends - December #2 #4 - Opening Weekends - Holiday #5 #13 - Eleventh Weekends #61 #98 #187 Ninth Weekends #43 #80 #78 Tenth Weekends #60 #116 #100 Top 10-Day Grosses #13 #23 #7 Top 3-Day Grosses #28 #57 #7 Top 4-Day Grosses #19 #36 #11 Top 6-Day Grosses #16 #25 #13 Top 7-Day Grosses #14 #23 #13 Top 8-Day Grosses #16 #23 #9 Top 9-Day Grosses #16 #23 #7 Twelfth Weekends #29 #108 - Twelfth Weekends #44 #102 - Top 5-Day Grosses #18 #25 #13 Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday #7 #10 - Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) #33 #73 #138 Consecutive Weekends At #1 #25 #59 #125 Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends #43 #42 - Second Weekends #14 #16 #3 Third Weekends #16 #25 #1 Fourth Weekends #50 #39 #2 Fifth Weekends #50 #49 #7 Sixth Weekends #81 #89 #20 Seventh Weekends #81 #91 #24 Eighth Weekends #70 #109 #61 Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) #57 #29 #117 Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) #142 #62 #280 Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) #249 #113 #462 Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases #942 #550 #1438 Rated PG-13 #7 #10 #4 Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends #21 #37 #4 Widest Releases #68 #95 #42 Widest Opening Releases #62 #81 #85 Widest PG-13 Rated Openings #31 #38 #40 Widest PG-13 Rated Releases #33 #46 #21 Fastest to $100 million #20 #26 #8 Fastest to $150 million #15 #23 #13 Fastest to $200 million #14 #20 #8 Fastest to $250 million #9 #12 #8 Fastest to $300 million #9 #13 #7 Fastest to $350 million #10 - #5 Slowest to $100 million #382 #376 #394 Slowest to $200 million #76 #70 #82 Best Picture Nomination Effect #104 #113 - BOM Users' Grades #8 #14 #123 BOM Users' Grades (2002 Releases) - #3 #9
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