The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers

Domestic Total Gross: $339,789,881 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $342,551,365
Distributor: New Line	Release Date: December 18, 2002
Genre: Fantasy	Runtime: 2 hrs. 59 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $94 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$342,551,365	37.0%
+ Foreign:	$583,495,746	63.0%

= Worldwide:	$926,047,111

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$62,007,528
(#1 rank, 3,622 theaters, $17,119 average)
% of Total Gross:	18.2%
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Widest Release:

3,622 theaters

Close Date:

August 24, 2003

In Release:

250 days / 35.7 weeks

The Players

Director:	Peter Jackson
Writers:	Philippa Boyens Fran Walsh
Actors:	Ian McKellen Elijah Wood Viggo Mortensen Liv Tyler Sean Astin Orlando Bloom Karl Urban Cate Blanchett*
Producers:	Peter Jackson Fran Walsh
Cinematographer:	Andrew Lesnie (director of photography)
Composer:	Howard Shore
* Denotes minor role

2002 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Six Oscars, Including Two Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Fantasy - Live Action	3
Sword and Sorcery	2

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: The Lord of the Rings	2
Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown	2
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter	1
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man	3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars	3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. The Matrix	2

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	25
All Time Adjusted	62
All Time Worldwide	24
Yearly 2002	2
Yearly Opening Weekends 2002	5
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2002	2
Worldwide Openings	34
Worldwide Yearly 2002	1
Foreign Opening Weekends	32
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	20
Opening Weeks	41
Opening Day Gross	58
Opening Wednesdays	10
Single Day Gross	162
Non-Opening Friday Gross	33
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	14
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	56
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross	17
Single Day Friday Gross	129
Single Day Monday Gross	33
Single Day Saturday Gross	97
Single Day Sunday Gross	66
Single Day Thursday Gross	20
Single Day Tuesday Gross	64
Single Day Wednesday Gross	11
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	34
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	102
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	96
New Years Days	9
Christmas Days	12
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	136
Opening Weekends	86
Opening Weekends - December	7
Opening Weekends - Holiday	21
Eleventh Weekends	107
Ninth Weekends	90
Tenth Weekends	129
Top 10-Day Grosses	39
Top 3-Day Grosses	90
Top 4-Day Grosses	58
Top 6-Day Grosses	42
Top 7-Day Grosses	40
Top 8-Day Grosses	40
Top 9-Day Grosses	40
Twelfth Weekends	110
Twelfth Weekends	118
Top 5-Day Grosses	44
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	12
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	77
Consecutive Weekends At #1	63
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	57
Second Weekends	25
Third Weekends	37
Fourth Weekends	55
Fifth Weekends	57
Sixth Weekends	105
Seventh Weekends	104
Eighth Weekends	124
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	40
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	81
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	135
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	588
Rated PG-13	17
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	59
Widest Releases	159
Widest Opening Releases	141
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	76
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	87
Fastest to $100 million	45
Fastest to $150 million	40
Fastest to $200 million	35
Fastest to $250 million	25
Fastest to $300 million	22
Slowest to $100 million	462
Slowest to $200 million	90
Best Picture Nomination Effect	138
BOM Users' Grades	14
BOM Users' Grades (2002 Releases)	3
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on March 1, 2003)	7
Yearly (Wide) 2002	2
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2002	5
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	17
Opening Weeks Adjusted	33
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	26
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	12
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	39
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	10
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	90
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	22
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	72
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	50
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	17
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	47
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	9
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	123
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	104
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	3
Opening Weekends Adjusted	63
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	14
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	153
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	141
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	182
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	156
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	13
Second Weekends Adjusted	16
Third Weekends Adjusted	35
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	76
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	94
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	149
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	169
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	188
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	14
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	48