Recorded/Estimated Wordwide Gross

$782.67 / $909.31

US Actual: $377.02 / 41.5%

Intl Est.: $532.29 / 58.5%

Recorded/Estimated Admissions Wordwide

118.6M / 154.0M

US Actual: 58.00 / 37.7%

Intl. Est: 96.05 / 62.3%

Worldwide Release History

169 Days / 8,951 Theaters*

Average Gross/Week: 5,936,312

First Released: 12/15/03 Last Seen: 06/01/04

* as many as, tracking

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Trailer:

Synopsis: While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.

Comment: Principal photography lasted more than a year on each film --"The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers" and "Return of the King" -- and they was shot back to back. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's internationally renowned fantasy novels.

SBD Review:

Other Reviews:

• BBC Films (Nev Pierce) [5/5]
• Empire Magazine [UK]
• Film Journal International
• Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen) [5/5] [score]
• Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase) [5/5]
• London Daily Mail (Christopher Tookey)
• musicOMH (Shawn Fitzgerald)
• New York Post (Lou Lumenick) [4/4]
• Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
• Slant Magazine
• The Daily Telegraph (John Hiscock)
• The Dual Lens (Ian Whitney)
• The Filmiliar Cineaste [4/4]
• The Hollywood Reporter
• The New Zealand Herald
• The Observer (Philip French)
• ViewLondon (Matthew Turner) [5/5]