Franchise
The Lord of the Rings
3 films•2001–2003•New Line Cinema
93%average critics92%average audience$343.3Mdomestic average
Films
3
2001–2003
Domestic
$1.03B
lifetime
Worldwide
$2.91B
lifetime
Avg opening
$60.6M
3-day
Avg legs
5.77x
opening → total
Return
10.4x
on $281.0M of budget
The Lord of the Rings series runs to 3 films from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), together grossing $1.03B domestic and $2.91B worldwide. The biggest hit is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) at $1.12B worldwide, which also had the biggest opening weekend, $72.6M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | $72.6M | $377.0M | 5.19x | $1.12B | A+ | 94% | #1 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | $62.0M | $340.0M | 5.48x | $923.0M | A | 95% | #2 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | $47.2M | $313.0M | 6.64x | $868.0M | A- | 91% | #2 |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 1.0 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
10.4x
$2.91B worldwide on $281.0M of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $1.03BInternational $1.88B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven11.9x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#6Best multipliersThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers5.48x#8Best multipliersThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King5.19x#40Biggest worldwide runsThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King$1.12B
3 placings across 2 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
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Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.
