LORD OF THE RINGS VS. SPIDER-MAN VS. STAR WARS
Movie Summary Return of the King Spider-Man The Phantom Menace Genre Fantasy Action / Adventure Sci-Fi Fantasy Studio New Line Sony / Columbia Fox Release Date December 17, 2003 May 3, 2002 May 19, 1999 Domestic Gross $377,027,325 $403,706,375 $431,088,301 Production Budget $94 million $139 million $115 million Running Time 3 hrs. 20 min. 2 hrs. 1 min. 2 hrs. 13 min. MPAA Rating PG-13 PG-13 PG MPAA Reason for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images stylized violence and action sci-fi action/violence 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 Spider-Man The Phantom Menace Total Gross $377,027,325 $403,706,375 $431,088,301 Opening Weekend* $72,629,713 $114,844,116 $64,820,970 Theaters 3,703 3,615 2,970 Average $19,613 $31,768 $21,825 Opening % of Total 19.3% 28.4% 15.0% Second Weekend Drop -30.3% -37.8% -20.7% Widest Release 3,703 3,876 3,126 Close Date June 3, 2004 August 18, 2002 February 3, 2000 In Release 170 days / 24 weeks 108 days / 15 weeks n/a *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 Spider-Man The Phantom Menace Worldwide Gross $1,119,110,941 $821,708,551 $924,317,558 Foreign Gross $742,083,616 $418,002,176 $493,229,257 Foreign % of Worldwide 66.3% 50.9% 53.4% Domestic Gross $377,027,325 $403,706,375 $431,088,301 Domestic % of Worldwide 33.7% 49.1% 46.6% Genres & Franchises Return of the King Spider-Man The Phantom Menace Showdown: All Time Wednesday Opener Bout #3 - #1 Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man #2 #1 - Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars #3 #2 #1 Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars #2 - #1 Showdown: Uber-Blockbuster Showdown #4 #2 - Chart Rankings Return of the King Spider-Man The Phantom Menace All Time Domestic #11 #8 #6 All Time Adjusted #50 #34 #19 All Time Worldwide #2 #21 #10 Worldwide Openings #7 #34 - Non-Friday Opening Weekends #11 - #14 Opening Weeks #18 #6 #37 Opening Day Gross #19 #13 #29 Opening Wednesdays #5 - #6 Single Day Gross #37 #15 #72 Non-Opening Friday Gross #17 #19 #26 Non-Opening Thursday Gross #8 - #22 Non-Opening Tuesday Gross #7 #13 #32 Single Day Friday Gross #54 #8 #89 Single Day Monday Gross #20 #35 #13 Single Day Saturday Gross #32 #6 #52 Single Day Sunday Gross #23 #10 #30 Single Day Thursday Gross #12 - #29 Single Day Tuesday Gross #9 #17 #37 Single Day Wednesday Gross #5 #63 #7 Non-Holiday Monday Gross #6 #10 #11 Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time #44 #5 #29 Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends #43 #5 #29 Sunday Share of Opening Weekends #117 - #63 Opening Weekends #30 #5 #50 Opening Weekends - May - #3 #22 Opening Weekends - Summer - #5 #36 Eleventh Weekends #61 #187 #29 Ninth Weekends #43 #78 #20 Tenth Weekends #60 #100 #25 Top 10-Day Grosses #13 #7 #25 Top 3-Day Grosses #28 #7 #56 Top 4-Day Grosses #19 #11 #32 Top 6-Day Grosses #16 #13 #23 Top 7-Day Grosses #14 #13 #22 Top 8-Day Grosses #16 #9 #25 Top 9-Day Grosses #16 #7 #25 Twelfth Weekends #29 - #48 Twelfth Weekends #44 - #61 Top 5-Day Grosses #18 #13 #23 Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday #7 - #8 Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) #33 #138 #70 Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) #87 - #110 Consecutive Weekends At #1 #25 #125 #54 Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 #115 - #89 Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends - #26 #13 Second Weekends #14 #3 #12 Third Weekends #16 #1 #6 Fourth Weekends #50 #2 #5 Fifth Weekends #50 #7 #3 Sixth Weekends #81 #20 #7 Seventh Weekends #81 #24 #10 Eighth Weekends #70 #61 #13 Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) #57 #117 - Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) #142 #280 #57 Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) #249 #462 #108 Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases #942 #1438 #539 Rated PG-13 #7 #4 - Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends #21 #4 - Widest Releases #68 #42 #342 Widest Opening Releases #62 #85 - Widest PG-13 Rated Openings #31 #40 - Widest PG-13 Rated Releases #33 #21 - Fastest to $100 million #20 #8 #23 Fastest to $150 million #15 #13 #25 Fastest to $200 million #14 #8 #21 Fastest to $250 million #9 #8 #16 Fastest to $300 million #9 #7 #10 Fastest to $350 million #10 #5 #8 Fastest to $400 million - #5 #6 Slowest to $100 million #382 #394 #379 Slowest to $200 million #76 #82 #69 BOM Users' Grades #8 #123 #389
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