The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King

Domestic Total Gross: $377,027,325 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $377,845,905
Distributor: New Line	Release Date: December 17, 2003
Genre: Fantasy	Runtime: 3 hrs. 20 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $94 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$377,845,905	33.7%
+ Foreign:	$742,083,616	66.3%

= Worldwide:	$1,119,929,521

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$72,629,713
(#1 rank, 3,703 theaters, $19,613 average)
% of Total Gross:	19.3%
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Widest Release:

3,703 theaters

Close Date:

June 3, 2004

In Release:

170 days / 24.3 weeks

The Players

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

2003 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Eleven Oscars, Including Eleven Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Fantasy - Live Action	2
Sword and Sorcery	1

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Series: The Lord of the Rings	1
Showdown: All Time Wednesday Opener Bout	3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown	1
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man	2
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars	3
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars	2
Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. The Matrix	1
Showdown: Uber-Blockbuster Showdown	4

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	21
All Time Adjusted	52
All Time Worldwide	7
Yearly 2003	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 2003	3
Yearly PG-13 Rated 2003	1
Worldwide Openings	16
Worldwide Yearly 2003	1
Foreign Opening Weekends	22
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	13
Opening Weeks	34
Opening Day Gross	37
Opening Wednesdays	7
Single Day Gross	76
Non-Opening Friday Gross	23
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	10
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross	15
Single Day Friday Gross	87
Single Day Monday Gross	33
Single Day Saturday Gross	58
Single Day Sunday Gross	45
Single Day Thursday Gross	16
Single Day Tuesday Gross	20
Single Day Wednesday Gross	7
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	13
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	69
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	65
New Years Days	5
Christmas Days	8
Sunday Share of Opening Weekends	150
Opening Weekends	52
Opening Weekends - December	4
Opening Weekends - Holiday	12
Eleventh Weekends	68
Ninth Weekends	50
Tenth Weekends	66
Top 10-Day Grosses	28
Top 3-Day Grosses	52
Top 4-Day Grosses	36
Top 6-Day Grosses	31
Top 7-Day Grosses	27
Top 8-Day Grosses	31
Top 9-Day Grosses	31
Twelfth Weekends	47
Twelfth Weekends	31
Top 5-Day Grosses	35
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	9
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	34
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	88
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	108
Consecutive Weekends At #1	26
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	118
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	94
Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends	58
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	197
Second Weekends	22
Third Weekends	25
Fourth Weekends	68
Fifth Weekends	58
Sixth Weekends	96
Seventh Weekends	90
Eighth Weekends	81
Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation)	75
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	174
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	286
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,002
Rated PG-13	14
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	39
Widest Releases	123
Widest Opening Releases	111
Widest PG-13 Rated Openings	60
Widest PG-13 Rated Releases	66
Fastest to $100 million	38
Fastest to $150 million	29
Fastest to $200 million	29
Fastest to $250 million	17
Fastest to $300 million	17
Fastest to $350 million	17
Slowest to $100 million	474
Slowest to $200 million	98
Best Picture Nomination Effect	127
BOM Users' Grades	6
BOM Users' Grades (2003 Releases)	1
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on February 16, 2004)	6
Yearly (Wide) 2003	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2003	3
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	11
Opening Weeks Adjusted	28
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	18
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	8
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	8
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	52
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	69
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	29
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	43
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	30
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	13
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	12
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	6
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	95
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	82
Opening Weekends Adjusted - December	1
Opening Weekends Adjusted	42
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday	8
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	108
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	86
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	109
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	52
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	7
Second Weekends Adjusted	18
Third Weekends Adjusted	24
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	96
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	100
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	151
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	162
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	131
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	11
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	31