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
Actors:	Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Viggo Mortensen Cate Blanchett Liv Tyler Ian Holm Christopher Lee Sean Astin Sean Bean Orlando Bloom Hugo Weaving
Producer:	Peter Jackson
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

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	30
All Time Adjusted	75
All Time Worldwide	25
Yearly 2001	2
Yearly Opening Weekends 2001	10
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2001	1
Worldwide Yearly 2001	2
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	33
Opening Weeks	70
Opening Day Gross	111
Opening Wednesdays	16
Single Day Gross	396
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	40
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	16
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	15
Single Day Monday Gross	104
Single Day Saturday Gross	193
Single Day Thursday Gross	51
Single Day Tuesday Gross	18
Single Day Wednesday Gross	19
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	170
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	150
New Years Days	10
Christmas Days	13
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	77
Opening Weekends	133
Opening Weekends - December	9
Opening Weekends - Holiday	26
Eleventh Weekends	36
Ninth Weekends	32
Tenth Weekends	40
Top 10-Day Grosses	60
Top 3-Day Grosses	156
Top 6-Day Grosses	77
Top 7-Day Grosses	66
Top 8-Day Grosses	63
Top 9-Day Grosses	65
Twelfth Weekends	39
Twelfth Weekends	37
Top 5-Day Grosses	83
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	22
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	36
Consecutive Weekends At #1	63
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	36
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	162
Second Weekends	43
Third Weekends	44
Fourth Weekends	33
Fifth Weekends	24
Sixth Weekends	59
Seventh Weekends	71
Eighth Weekends	107
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	34
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	57
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	100
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	474
Rated PG-13	19
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	84
Widest Releases	259
Widest Opening Releases	249
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	136
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	142
Fastest to $100 million	63
Fastest to $150 million	46
Fastest to $200 million	38
Fastest to $250 million	40
Fastest to $300 million	31
Slowest to $100 million	408
Slowest to $200 million	74
Best Picture Nomination Effect	111
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	28
Opening Weeks Adjusted	51
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	48
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	32
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	8
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	8
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	165
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	88
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	139
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	79
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	39
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	10
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	16
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	178
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	6
Opening Weekends Adjusted	108
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	24
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	52
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	61
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	71
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	55
Second Weekends Adjusted	33
Third Weekends Adjusted	41
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	44
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	48
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	93
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	107
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	165
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	15
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	74