A Hobbit's Tale

:: The Lord Of The Rings : The Return Of The King ::

Release date	+	December 17th, 2003
MPAA Rating	+	PG-13
Running time	+	200 minutes (3 hrs 20 mns - including the credits)
Visual effects	+	430 multi layered visual effects shots
Number of theaters	+	Opened in 14,000 screens worldwide (3,702 in the USA)
Academy Awards	+	11 nominations, 11 Oscars won (see ROTK's Awards)

World premiere	+	December 1st, 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand
European premiere	+	December 10th, 2003, Berlin, Germany
UK premiere	+	December 11th, 2003, London
French premiere	+	December 13th, 2003, Paris
Denmark premiere	+	December 14th, 2003, Copenhagen
US premiere	+	December 17th, 2003

Theatrical DVD Release date	+	May 25, 2004
Theatrical DVD & VHS sales	+	best Day 1 gross of 2004 with $ 6.3 million (US)
DVD Rental counter	+	$9.79 million in gross consumer rental spending during the week ended May 30

Best Opening day	+	broke records with $ 34.1 million (USA), $ 919,500 in NZ
Best Opening day (suite)	+	broke Aussie records with $ 5.27 million, biggest opening day of all-time in Fr
Best opening week-end	+	biggest December opener, 7th biggest w/e with $ 73,6 million worldwide
Best first week of release	+	grossed $ 162 million, which is 42% better than TTT (domestically)
Best first two weeks of release	+	27% better than TTT ($ 268.4 million, internationally)
Best first week release	+	grossed $ 312 million (worldwide)
Breaking US records	+	2nd fastest film to reach $200 million
Breaking Canadian records	+	$ 50 million in 33 days, faster than any other movie in Canadian history
Overseas Gross	+	$ 741,399,763 (on June 03, 2004)
Domestic Gross	+	$ 377,027,325 (on June 03, 2004)
Worldwide Gross	+	$ 1,118,427,088 (on June 03, 2004)
Worldwide Gross - suite	+	surpassed FOTR on Jan. 26, 2004 and surpassed TTT on Feb. 08, 2004
Worldwide all-time Box-Office	+	02nd (on June 03, 2004)
Production budget	+	Around $ 70 million, $ 270 million for the trilogy
Marketing costs	+	$ 70 million

:: The Lord Of The Rings : The Two Towers ::

Release date	+	December 18th, 2002
MPAA Rating	+	PG-13 (see TTT International Censorship )
Running time	+	179 mins (2 hrs 59 mins 10 secs - including the credits)
Visual effects	+	800 multi layered visual effects shots (some sources mention 900 shots)
Number of theaters	+	Opened in 12,000 screens worldwide (3,622 in the USA)
Academy Awards	+	6 nominations, 2 Oscars won (see TTT's Awards)

World premiere	+	December 05th, 2002, New York
European premiere	+	December 10th, 2002, Paris, France
English premiere	+	December 11th, 2002, London
Los Angeles premiere	+	December 15th, 2002
Denmark premiere	+	December 15th, 2002, Copenhagen
North America premiere	+	December 16th, 2002, Seattle
New Zealand premiere	+	December 18th, 2002, Wellington
Australian premiere	+	December 19th, 2002, Sydney

Theatrical DVD Release date	+	August 26th, 2003
Theatrical DVD pre-sales	+	broke the UK record with over 50,000 pre-orders (Amazon.co.uk)
Theatrical DVD & VHS sales	+	best Day 1 gross of 2003 with $ 3.5 million (US)
DVD Rental counter	+	broke a record with $ 22.89 million during its first five days in rental stores (US)
DVD Extended Ed. Release date	+	November 18th, 2003
Extended Ed. DVD sales	+	Between 750,000 and one million copies in the first day alone, in the US

Theater record	+	New Line Cinema's widest release with 3,622 theaters (USA)
Best opening day	+	With $ 42 million worldwide, $ 26 million in the USA, $ 750,000 in NZ
Best Opening day	+	$ 5.2 million in Australia
Best opening week-end	+	With $ 61,5 million worldwide, which is 44% better than FOTR
Overseas Gross	+	$ 583,006,572 (December 2003 - surpassed FOTR on March 30, 2003)
Domestic Gross	+	$ 341,786,758 (December 2003 - surpassed FOTR on Feb. 02, 2003)
Worldwide Gross	+	$ 924,793,330 (December 2003 - surpassed FOTR on March 14, 2003)
Worldwide all-time Box-Office	+	04th (on Feb. 08, 2004)
Production budget	+	About $ 94 million, $ 270 million for the trilogy
Total Media spending in 2002	+	$ 31,4 million
Marketing costs	+	$ 45 million

:: The Lord Of The Rings : The Fellowship Of The Ring ::

Release date	+	December 19th, 2001
MPAA Rating	+	PG-13 (see FOTR International Censorship )
Running time	+	178 mins (2 hrs 58 mins - including the credits)
Filming Location	+	Exclusively in New Zealand
Photography	+	Lasted 274 days over the course of 14 months (for the Trilogy)
Shooting	+	Began on October 11th, 1999 and ended on December 22th, 2000
Total cast	+	2,400 (for the Trilogy)
Visual effects	+	570 multi layered visual effects shots (530 produced by Weta Digital)
Number of theaters	+	Opened in 10,000 screens worldwide (3,359 in the USA)
Academy Awards	+	13 nominations, 4 Oscars won (see FOTR's Awards)

World premiere	+	December 10th, 2001, London
North America premiere	+	December 13th, 2001, New York
Canadian premiere	+	December 14th, 2001, Toronto
Los Angeles premiere	+	December 17th, 2001
New Zealand premiere	+	December 19th, 2001, Wellington (Courtenay Place)
Japanese premiere	+	December 21th, 2001
Australian premiere	+	December 21th, 2001, Sydney

Theatrical DVD Release date	+	August 06th, 2002
Theatrical DVD & VHS	+	1.27 million copies on its first day on UK release
Theatrical DVD Sales	+	2nd at the Top DVD sales for the year 2002 ($ 380 million DVD + VHS)
Theatrical VHS Sales	+	5th at the Top VHS Sales for the year 2002 ($ 380 million DVD + VHS)
DVD Rental counter	+	$17.22 million during its first week in rental store shelves (US)
DVD Extended Ed. Release date	+	November 12th, 2002

Best opening day	+	With $ 18,2 million (USA), $ 11 million internationally, $ 720,933 in NZ
Best Opening day	+	set Australian cinema history, making $4.1 million on Boxing Day
Best opening week-end	+	With $ 47 million worldwide
Biggest Christmas day	+	With $ 11,570,000
Overseas Gross	+	$ 555,021,246
Domestic Gross	+	$ 314,776,170
Worldwide Gross	+	$ 869,797,416 (after Trilogy marathon screening, December 2003)
Worldwide all-time Box-Office	+	7th (on September 14, 2003 - was 5th on August 30, 2002)
Production budget	+	$ 109 million, $ 270 million for the trilogy
Marketing costs	+	$ 50 million

~¤ The Movies : (XII) The Box-Office ¤~
	Below are compiled informations on The Lord of The Rings Trilogy : The Box-Office, the release dates, the production budget, the ratings, the running times, the Premiere dates, and more about all three movies.