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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingFollow

2001 • PG-13 • 2h 58m • Adventure, Drama, Fantasy • New Line Cinema

One ring to rule them all.

🍅 91% 95%

92

4.39

8.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$47.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$325.70M

All releases

Worldwide total

$902.00M

$576.30M international

Domestic legs6.64x

Budget$93.0M

2001 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Jackson filmography

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson Director

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood Starring

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen Starring

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen Starring

Sean Astin

Sean Astin Starring

Ian Holm

Ian Holm Starring

ScreenplayPeter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh StudioNew Line Cinema SeriesThe Lord of the Rings

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 21-23 1 $47.2M — 3,359 $14,055 $75.1M

2 Dec 28-30 1 $38.7M −18.0% 3,359 $11,519 $155.9M

3 Jan 4-6 1 $23.0M −40.5% 3,381 $6,804 $205.5M

4 Jan 11-13 1 $16.2M −29.6% 3,381 $4,791 $228.3M

5 Jan 18-20 3 $12.5M −23.0% 3,266 $3,819 $245.4M

6 Jan 25-27 8 $7.8M −37.4% 2,703 $2,886 $258.4M

7 Feb 1-3 8 $5.7M −26.9% 2,309 $2,470 $266.3M

8 Feb 8-10 11 $3.6M −36.6% 1,706 $2,120 $271.4M

9 Feb 15-17 12 $4.7M +29.9% 1,507 $3,120 $277.6M

10 Feb 22-24 12 $3.5M −26.5% 1,510 $2,289 $283.2M

11 Mar 1-3 10 $3.3M −4.0% 1,303 $2,546 $287.6M

12 Mar 8-10 10 $2.7M −19.1% 1,210 $2,217 $291.1M

13 Mar 15-17 11 $2.1M −21.1% 1,101 $1,924 $294.3M

14 Mar 22-24 11 $2.4M +11.6% 1,317 $1,794 $297.5M

15 Mar 29-31 12 $2.4M +0.8% 1,120 $2,127 $301.3M

16 Apr 5-7 12 $1.7M −27.0% 977 $1,781 $304.1M

17 Apr 12-14 15 $1.2M −29.9% 868 $1,404 $305.8M

18 Apr 19-21 17 $771.7K −36.7% 706 $1,093 $307.0M

19 Apr 26-28 17 $798.0K +3.4% 529 $1,508 $308.1M

20 May 3-5 22 $452.1K −43.4% 408 $1,107 $308.8M

21 May 10-12 19 $502.5K +11.2% 440 $1,142 $309.5M

22 May 17-19 18 $411.5K −18.1% 418 $984 $310.1M

23 May 24-26 15 $358.6K −12.9% 335 $1,070 $310.6M

24 May 31-Jun 2 21 $224.7K −37.3% 259 $867 $311.1M

25 Jun 7-9 23 $223.1K −0.7% 239 $933 $311.4M

26 Jun 14-16 25 $178.8K −19.8% 221 $809 $311.7M

27 Jun 21-23 28 $156.7K −12.4% 214 $732 $312.0M

28 Jun 28-30 29 $149.2K −4.8% 185 $806 $312.3M

29 Jul 5-7 34 $150.4K +0.8% 167 $900 $312.5M

30 Jul 12-14 33 $114.5K −23.8% 160 $715 $312.8M

31 Jul 19-21 34 $106.2K −7.3% 140 $758 $313.0M

32 Jul 26-28 40 $81.2K −23.6% 102 $795 $313.1M

33 Aug 2-4 43 $69.1K −14.9% 107 $645 $313.2M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Dec 19 #1 $18.2M — $18.2M 3,359 $5,422 1

Thu Dec 20 #1 $9.7M −47% $27.9M 3,359 $2,888 2

Fri Dec 21 #1 $14.2M +47% $42.2M 3,359 $4,237 3

Sat Dec 22 #1 $17.1M +20% $59.2M 3,359 $5,079 4

Sun Dec 23 #1 $15.9M −7% $75.1M 3,359 $4,738 5

Mon Dec 24 #1 $7.3M −54% $82.5M 3,359 $2,183 6

Tue Dec 25 #1 $11.6M +58% $94.0M 3,359 $3,444 7

Wed Dec 26 #1 $12.1M +5% −33% $106.1M 3,359 $3,606 8

Thu Dec 27 #1 $11.0M −9% +14% $117.2M 3,359 $3,280 9

Fri Dec 28 #1 $12.6M +14% −12% $129.7M 3,359 $3,741 10

Sat Dec 29 #1 $14.0M +11% −18% $143.7M 3,359 $4,167 11

Sun Dec 30 #1 $12.1M −13% −24% $155.9M 3,359 $3,610 12

Mon Dec 31 #1 $8.0M −34% +9% $163.9M 3,359 $2,384 13

Tue Jan 1 #1 $10.2M +28% −11% $174.1M 3,359 $3,050 14

Wed Jan 2 #1 $4.6M −55% −62% $178.7M 3,359 $1,374 15

Thu Jan 3 #1 $3.8M −18% −66% $182.5M 3,359 $1,121 16

Fri Jan 4 #1 $6.8M +80% −46% $189.3M 3,381 $2,006 17

Sat Jan 5 #1 $10.1M +49% −28% $199.4M 3,381 $2,991 18

Sun Jan 6 #1 $6.1M −40% −50% $205.5M 3,381 $1,806 19

Mon Jan 7 #1 $1.7M −72% −79% $207.2M 3,381 $506 20

Tue Jan 8 #1 $2.0M +16% −81% $209.2M 3,381 $585 21

Wed Jan 9 #1 $1.5M −23% −67% $210.7M 3,381 $451 22

Thu Jan 10 #1 $1.4M −9% −63% $212.1M 3,381 $412 23

Fri Jan 11 #3 $4.2M +204% −37% $216.4M 3,381 $1,254 24

Sat Jan 12 #1 $7.3M +71% −28% $223.6M 3,381 $2,149 25

Sun Jan 13 #1 $4.7M −35% −23% $228.3M 3,381 $1,387 26

Mon Jan 14 #1 $1.1M −76% −34% $229.5M 3,381 $336 27

Tue Jan 15 #1 $1.3M +15% −34% $230.8M 3,381 $386 28

Wed Jan 16 #2 $1.1M −17% −29% $231.8M 3,381 $320 29

Thu Jan 17 #2 $1.1M +1% −21% $232.9M 3,381 $324 30

Fri Jan 18 #4 $3.2M +192% −24% $236.1M 3,266 $980 31

Sat Jan 19 #3 $5.0M +57% −31% $241.2M 3,266 $1,541 32

Sun Jan 20 #3 $4.2M −16% −10% $245.4M 3,266 $1,297 33

Mon Jan 21 #3 $2.8M −34% +146% $248.2M 3,266 $855 34

Tue Jan 22 #3 $912.3K −67% −30% $249.1M 3,266 $279 35

Wed Jan 23 #3 $745.2K −18% −31% $249.9M 3,266 $228 36

Thu Jan 24 #3 $775.8K +4% −29% $250.6M 3,266 $237 37

Fri Jan 25 #9 $2.0M +158% −37% $252.7M 2,703 $741 38

Sat Jan 26 #7 $3.8M +87% −25% $256.4M 2,703 $1,390 39

Sun Jan 27 #8 $2.0M −46% −52% $258.4M 2,703 $755 40

Mon Jan 28 #8 $523.1K −74% −81% $259.0M 2,703 $193 41

Tue Jan 29 #7 $592.4K +13% −35% $259.6M 2,703 $219 42

Wed Jan 30 #7 $500.8K −15% −33% $260.1M 2,703 $185 43

Thu Jan 31 #8 $504.4K +1% −35% $260.6M 2,703 $186 44

Fri Feb 1 #8 $1.5M +196% −26% $262.1M 2,309 $645 45

Sat Feb 2 #8 $3.0M +99% −21% $265.0M 2,309 $1,285 46

Sun Feb 3 #8 $1.2M −58% −39% $266.3M 2,309 $539 47

Mon Feb 4 #7 $360.5K −71% −31% $266.6M 2,309 $156 48

Tue Feb 5 #6 $416.4K +16% −30% $267.1M 2,309 $180 49

Wed Feb 6 #7 $375.3K −10% −25% $267.4M 2,309 $162 50

Thu Feb 7 #7 $372.1K −1% −26% $267.8M 2,309 $161 51

Fri Feb 8 #11 $814.9K +119% −45% $268.6M 1,705 $477 52

Sat Feb 9 #11 $1.7M +105% −44% $270.3M 1,705 $981 53

Sun Feb 10 #11 $1.1M −33% −9% $271.4M 1,705 $662 54

Mon Feb 11 #11 $261.1K −77% −28% $271.7M 1,705 $153 55

Tue Feb 12 #8 $331.5K +27% −20% $272.0M 1,706 $194 56

Wed Feb 13 #6 $325.7K −2% −13% $272.3M 1,706 $190 57

Thu Feb 14 #10 $598.3K +84% +61% $272.9M 1,706 $350 58

Fri Feb 15 #11 $1.0M +75% +29% $274.0M 1,507 $696 59

Sat Feb 16 #11 $2.0M +91% +20% $276.0M 1,507 $1,330 60

Sun Feb 17 #10 $1.6M −18% +46% $277.6M 1,507 $1,093 61

Mon Feb 18 #10 $1.0M −39% +286% $278.6M 1,507 $668 62

Tue Feb 19 #10 $410.0K −59% +24% $279.1M 1,507 $272 63

Wed Feb 20 #10 $330.0K −19% +1% $279.4M 1,507 $219 64

Thu Feb 21 #11 $349.8K +6% −42% $279.7M 1,507 $232 65

Fri Feb 22 #11 $878.1K +151% −16% $280.6M 1,507 $582 66

Sat Feb 23 #11 $1.7M +89% −17% $282.3M 1,510 $1,101 67

Sun Feb 24 #11 $916.6K −45% −44% $283.2M 1,510 $607 68

Mon Feb 25 #11 $248.5K −73% −75% $283.4M 1,510 $164 69

Tue Feb 26 #9 $285.6K +15% −30% $283.7M 1,510 $189 70

Wed Feb 27 #10 $254.8K −11% −23% $284.0M 1,510 $168 71

Thu Feb 28 #8 $275.2K +8% −21% $284.3M 1,510 $182 72

Fri Mar 1 #10 $773.6K +181% −12% $285.0M 1,510 $512 73

Sat Mar 2 #10 $1.5M +97% −9% $286.6M 1,510 $1,007 74

Sun Mar 3 #10 $1.0M −33% +12% $287.6M 1,303 $785 75

Mon Mar 4 #9 $220.4K −78% −11% $287.8M 1,303 $169 76

Tue Mar 5 #8 $221.4K n/c −22% $288.0M 1,303 $169 77

Wed Mar 6 #8 $231.9K +5% −9% $288.2M 1,303 $177 78

Thu Mar 7 #8 $218.9K −6% −20% $288.5M 1,303 $167 79

Fri Mar 8 #11 $650.9K +197% −16% $289.1M 1,210 $537 80

Sat Mar 9 #10 $1.2M +89% −19% $290.3M 1,210 $1,015 81

Sun Mar 10 #10 $803.6K −35% −21% $291.1M 1,210 $664 82

Mon Mar 11 #10 $247.9K −69% +12% $291.4M 1,210 $204 83

Tue Mar 12 #10 $301.3K +22% +36% $291.7M 1,210 $249 84

Wed Mar 13 #10 $255.4K −15% +10% $292.0M 1,210 $211 85

Thu Mar 14 #10 $271.4K +6% +24% $292.2M 1,210 $224 86

Fri Mar 15 #11 $555.0K +105% −15% $292.8M 1,210 $458 87

Sat Mar 16 #11 $978.9K +76% −20% $293.8M 1,101 $889 88

Sun Mar 17 #10 $584.4K −40% −27% $294.3M 1,101 $530 89

Mon Mar 18 #10 $193.0K −67% −22% $294.5M 1,101 $175 90

Tue Mar 19 #10 $224.4K +16% −26% $294.8M 1,101 $203 91

Wed Mar 20 #10 $198.6K −11% −22% $295.0M 1,101 $180 92

Thu Mar 21 #10 $207.2K +4% −24% $295.2M 1,101 $188 93

Fri Mar 22 #13 $594.5K +187% +7% $295.8M 1,317 $451 94

Sat Mar 23 #11 $1.1M +91% +16% $296.9M 1,317 $862 95

Sun Mar 24 #11 $632.9K −44% +8% $297.5M 1,317 $480 96

Mon Mar 25 #10 $332.5K −47% +72% $297.9M 1,317 $252 97

Tue Mar 26 #10 $351.5K +6% +57% $298.2M 1,317 $266 98

Wed Mar 27 #10 $318.7K −9% +60% $298.5M 1,317 $242 99

Thu Mar 28 #10 $392.0K +23% +89% $298.9M 1,317 $297 100

Fri Mar 29 #12 $890.0K +127% +50% $299.8M 1,120 $794 101

Sat Mar 30 #12 $899.9K +1% −21% $300.7M 1,120 $803 102

Sun Mar 31 #12 $592.9K −34% −6% $301.3M 1,120 $529 103

Mon Apr 1 #12 $317.9K −46% −4% $301.6M 1,120 $283 104

Tue Apr 2 #12 $253.0K −20% −28% $301.9M 1,120 $225 105

Wed Apr 3 #12 $247.7K −2% −22% $302.1M 1,120 $221 106

Thu Apr 4 #12 $249.9K +1% −36% $302.4M 1,120 $223 107

Fri Apr 5 #13 $488.3K +95% −45% $302.9M 977 $499 108

Sat Apr 6 #12 $798.8K +64% −11% $303.7M 977 $817 109

Sun Apr 7 #11 $453.1K −43% −24% $304.1M 977 $463 110

Mon Apr 8 #12 $114.9K −75% −64% $304.2M 977 $117 111

Tue Apr 9 #12 $158.0K +38% −38% $304.4M 977 $161 112

Wed Apr 10 #12 $114.6K −27% −54% $304.5M 977 $117 113

Thu Apr 11 #12 $118.2K +3% −53% $304.6M 977 $120 114

Fri Apr 12 #11 $322.3K +173% −34% $304.9M 868 $371 115

Sat Apr 13 #11 $571.0K +77% −29% $305.5M 868 $657 116

Sun Apr 14 #11 $326.1K −43% −28% $305.8M 868 $375 117

Mon Apr 15 #11 $98.7K −70% −14% $305.9M 868 $113 118

Tue Apr 16 #11 $107.8K +9% −32% $306.0M 868 $124 119

Wed Apr 17 #11 $101.2K −6% −12% $306.1M 868 $116 120

Thu Apr 18 #11 $100.5K −1% −15% $306.2M 868 $115 121

Fri Apr 19 #13 $200.6K +100% −38% $306.4M 706 $284 122

Sat Apr 20 #13 $351.0K +75% −39% $306.8M 706 $497 123

Sun Apr 21 #13 $220.1K −37% −32% $307.0M 706 $311 124

Mon Apr 22 #13 $70.3K −68% −29% $307.1M 706 $99 125

Tue Apr 23 #13 $69.4K −1% −36% $307.1M 706 $98 126

Wed Apr 24 #13 $67.4K −3% −33% $307.2M 706 $95 127

Thu Apr 25 #13 $74.4K +10% −26% $307.3M 706 $105 128

Fri Apr 26 #11 $202.1K +172% +1% $307.5M 529 $381 129

Sat Apr 27 #11 $364.4K +80% +4% $307.8M 529 $688 130

Sun Apr 28 #11 $231.5K −36% +5% $308.1M 529 $437 131

Mon Apr 29 #11 $60.0K −74% −15% $308.1M 529 $113 132

Tue Apr 30 #11 $67.8K +13% −2% $308.2M 529 $128 133

Wed May 1 #11 $63.2K −7% −6% $308.3M 529 $119 134

Thu May 2 $69.9K +11% −6% $308.3M 529 $132 135

Fri May 3 #12 $125.8K +80% −38% $308.5M 408 $308 136

Sat May 4 #12 $210.9K +68% −42% $308.7M 408 $516 137

Sun May 5 #10 $115.3K −45% −50% $308.8M 408 $282 138

Mon May 6 #11 $38.8K −66% −35% $308.8M 408 $95 139

Tue May 7 #11 $46.2K +19% −32% $308.9M 408 $113 140

Wed May 8 #11 $46.0K n/c −27% $308.9M 408 $112 141

Thu May 9 #11 $46.5K +1% −33% $309.0M 408 $113 142

Fri May 10 #13 $119.2K +156% −5% $309.1M 440 $270 143

Sat May 11 $222.9K +87% +6% $309.3M 440 $506 144

Sun May 12 #10 $160.4K −28% +39% $309.5M 440 $364 145

Mon May 13 #11 $53.3K −67% +37% $309.5M 440 $121 146

Tue May 14 #11 $55.2K +4% +20% $309.6M 440 $125 147

Wed May 15 #11 $47.5K −14% +3% $309.6M 440 $107 148

Thu May 16 #11 $39.4K −17% −15% $309.7M 440 $89 149

Fri May 17 #11 $115.5K +193% −3% $309.8M 418 $276 150

Sat May 18 #11 $180.4K +56% −19% $310.0M 418 $431 151

Sun May 19 #11 $115.6K −36% −28% $310.1M 418 $276 152

Mon May 20 #11 $54.1K −53% +2% $310.1M 418 $129 153

Tue May 21 #11 $45.9K −15% −17% $310.2M 418 $109 154

Wed May 22 #11 $43.3K −6% −9% $310.2M 418 $103 155

Thu May 23 #11 $48.8K +13% +24% $310.3M 418 $116 156

Fri May 24 #12 $92.4K +89% −20% $310.4M 335 $275 157

Sat May 25 #12 $142.0K +54% −21% $310.5M 335 $423 158

Sun May 26 #12 $125.1K −12% +8% $310.6M 335 $373 159

Mon May 27 #13 $85.2K −32% +57% $310.7M 335 $254 160

Tue May 28 #11 $33.7K −60% −27% $310.7M 335 $100 161

Wed May 29 #11 $37.8K +12% −13% $310.8M 335 $112 162

Thu May 30 #11 $42.0K +11% −14% $310.8M 335 $125 163

Fri May 31 #11 $58.3K +39% −37% $310.9M 259 $225 164

Sat Jun 1 #11 $102.6K +76% −28% $311.0M 259 $396 165

Sun Jun 2 #11 $63.7K −38% −49% $311.1M 259 $245 166

Mon Jun 3 #11 $28.3K −56% −67% $311.1M 259 $109 167

Tue Jun 4 #11 $32.0K +13% −5% $311.1M 259 $123 168

Wed Jun 5 #11 $34.3K +7% −9% $311.1M 259 $132 169

Thu Jun 6 #11 $36.3K +6% −13% $311.2M 259 $140 170

Fri Jun 7 #12 $62.2K +71% +7% $311.2M 239 $260 171

Sat Jun 8 #12 $89.5K +44% −13% $311.3M 239 $374 172

Sun Jun 9 #12 $71.3K −20% +12% $311.4M 239 $298 173

Mon Jun 10 #11 $27.5K −61% −3% $311.4M 239 $115 174

Tue Jun 11 #11 $27.7K +1% −13% $311.5M 239 $115 175

Wed Jun 12 #11 $30.1K +9% −12% $311.5M 239 $125 176

Thu Jun 13 #11 $33.9K +13% −7% $311.5M 239 $141 177

Fri Jun 14 #14 $48.9K +44% −21% $311.6M 221 $221 178

Sat Jun 15 #14 $71.7K +47% −20% $311.6M 221 $324 179

Sun Jun 16 #14 $58.2K −19% −18% $311.7M 221 $263 180

Mon Jun 17 #11 $31.5K −46% +15% $311.7M 221 $142 181

Tue Jun 18 #11 $35.3K +12% +28% $311.8M 221 $159 182

Wed Jun 19 #11 $54.1K +53% +80% $311.8M 221 $244 183

Thu Jun 20 #11 $31.9K −41% −6% $311.9M 221 $144 184

Fri Jun 21 #12 $44.6K +40% −9% $311.9M 214 $208 185

Sat Jun 22 #12 $63.3K +42% −12% $312.0M 214 $295 186

Sun Jun 23 #14 $48.9K −23% −16% $312.0M 214 $228 187

Mon Jun 24 #11 $26.3K −46% −17% $312.0M 214 $122 188

Tue Jun 25 #11 $29.2K +11% −17% $312.1M 214 $136 189

Wed Jun 26 #11 $27.2K −7% −50% $312.1M 214 $127 190

Thu Jun 27 #11 $27.8K +2% −13% $312.1M 214 $129 191

Fri Jun 28 #13 $40.5K +46% −9% $312.2M 185 $218 192

Sat Jun 29 #13 $59.5K +47% −6% $312.2M 185 $321 193

Sun Jun 30 #13 $49.2K −17% +1% $312.3M 185 $266 194

Mon Jul 1 #11 $32.0K −35% +22% $312.3M 185 $172 195

Tue Jul 2 #11 $30.4K −5% +4% $312.3M 185 $164 196

Wed Jul 3 #14 $30.0K −1% +10% $312.4M 185 $162 197

Thu Jul 4 #15 $32.7K +9% +18% $312.4M 185 $176 198

Fri Jul 5 #14 $46.9K +43% +16% $312.4M 167 $280 199

Sat Jul 6 #14 $56.6K +21% −5% $312.5M 167 $339 200

Sun Jul 7 #14 $46.8K −17% −5% $312.6M 167 $280 201

Mon Jul 8 #13 $24.3K −48% −24% $312.6M 167 $145 202

Tue Jul 9 #13 $25.4K +4% −17% $312.6M 167 $152 203

Wed Jul 10 #13 $24.5K −3% −18% $312.6M 167 $146 204

Thu Jul 11 #13 $23.8K −3% −27% $312.6M 167 $142 205

Fri Jul 12 #13 $31.9K +34% −32% $312.7M 160 $199 206

Sat Jul 13 #13 $45.2K +42% −20% $312.7M 160 $282 207

Sun Jul 14 #13 $37.4K −17% −20% $312.8M 160 $233 208

Mon Jul 15 #12 $22.6K −40% −7% $312.8M 160 $141 209

Tue Jul 16 #12 $24.4K +8% −4% $312.8M 160 $152 210

Wed Jul 17 #12 $26.1K +7% +6% $312.8M 160 $162 211

Thu Jul 18 #12 $23.5K −10% −1% $312.9M 160 $146 212

Fri Jul 19 #13 $30.8K +31% −4% $312.9M 140 $219 213

Sat Jul 20 #13 $41.9K +36% −7% $312.9M 140 $299 214

Sun Jul 21 #18 $33.6K −20% −10% $313.0M 140 $239 215

Mon Jul 22 #12 $16.5K −51% −27% $313.0M 140 $118 216

Tue Jul 23 #12 $16.7K +1% −32% $313.0M 140 $119 217

Wed Jul 24 #12 $16.1K −3% −38% $313.0M 140 $115 218

Thu Jul 25 #12 $15.7K −3% −33% $313.0M 140 $111 219

Fri Jul 26 #12 $23.5K +50% −24% $313.1M 102 $230 220

Sat Jul 27 #13 $31.8K +35% −24% $313.1M 102 $311 221

Sun Jul 28 #16 $25.9K −18% −23% $313.1M 102 $253 222

Mon Jul 29 #17 $14.9K −43% −10% $313.1M 102 $145 223

Tue Jul 30 #18 $15.0K +1% −10% $313.1M 102 $146 224

Wed Jul 31 #17 $15.8K +5% −2% $313.2M 102 $154 225

Thu Aug 1 #18 $14.1K −11% −10% $313.2M 102 $137 226

Fri Aug 2 #21 $20.2K +44% −14% $313.2M 102 $198 227

Sat Aug 3 #20 $26.6K +31% −16% $313.2M 102 $260 228

Sun Aug 4 #20 $22.2K −16% −14% $313.2M 102 $218 229

Mon Aug 5 #11 $12.3K −44% −17% $313.3M 102 $121 230

Tue Aug 6 #11 $9.2K −25% −38% $313.3M 102 $90 231

Wed Aug 7 #11 $8.3K −10% −47% $313.3M 102 $81 232

Thu Aug 8 #11 $8.3K n/c −41% $313.3M 102 $81 233

Fri Aug 9 #27 $13.7K +64% −32% $313.3M 61 $224 234

Sat Aug 10 #27 $17.4K +27% −34% $313.3M 61 $285 235

Sun Aug 11 #27 $12.7K −27% −43% $313.3M 61 $207 236

Mon Aug 12 #11 $5.9K −53% −52% $313.3M 61 $96 237

Tue Aug 13 #11 $6.4K +8% −31% $313.3M 61 $104 238

Wed Aug 14 #11 $6.0K −5% −28% $313.3M 61 $98 239

Thu Aug 15 #11 $5.6K −7% −33% $313.3M 61 $91 240

Fri Aug 16 $5.4K −3% −61% $313.4M 40 $134 241

Sat Aug 17 #28 $7.7K +42% −56% $313.4M 40 $191 242

Sun Aug 18 #28 $5.0K −35% −61% $313.4M 40 $124 243

Fri Dec 5 #11 $139.6K — $313.5M 126 $1,107 717

Sat Dec 6 #11 $185.1K +33% $313.5M 126 $1,469 718

Sun Dec 7 #11 $148.9K −20% $313.7M 126 $1,181 719

Mon Dec 8 #11 $78.8K −47% $313.8M 126 $625 720

Tue Dec 9 #11 $84.4K +7% $313.9M 126 $669 721

Wed Dec 10 #11 $93.9K +11% $314.0M 126 $745 722

Thu Dec 11 #11 $117.0K +25% $314.1M 126 $928 723

Tue Dec 16 #5 $564.5K — +569% $314.6M 126 $4,480 728

Tue Jun 14 #7 $768.6K — $315.4M 522 $1,472

Sat Jun 8 #4 $2.5M — $318.4M 1,529 $1,606

Sat Jun 15 #8 $632.9K — $319.1M 1,035 $611

Sat Jun 22 #12 $167.0K — $319.2M 51 $3,274

Fri Jan 16 #3 $3.1M — $322.8M 1,674 $1,846

Sat Jan 17 $269.6K −91% $323.1M 374 $720

Sun Jan 18 $218.3K −19% $323.3M 349 $625

Mon Jan 19 $362.1K +66% $323.7M 843 $429

Fri Jan 23 #3 $1.7M — −45% $325.4M 1,703 $998

Sat Jan 24 $200.0K −88% −26% $325.6M 1,703 $117

Sun Jan 25 $100.0K −50% −54% $325.7M 1,703 $58

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$325.7M

Dec 19Jan 8Jan 28Feb 17Jan 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.5M

$47.2M

$38.7M

$23.0M

$16.2M

$12.5M

$7.8M

$5.7M

$3.6M

$4.7M

$3.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,381 → 1,703 −49.6%

3,359 open1,703 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.5%

−18.0%

W1→2

−40.5%

W2→3

−29.6%

W3→4

−23.0%

W4→5

−37.4%

W5→6

−26.9%

W6→7

−36.6%

W7→8

+29.9%

W8→9

−26.5%

W9→10

Steepest −40.5%Biggest gain +29.9%

Run milestones

$300M in 102 days

$100M

Day 8

Dec 26

$200M

Day 19

Jan 6

$300M

Day 102

Mar 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Similar movies

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 · Jackson $349.7M The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 · Jackson $383.4M The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 · Jackson $303M The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013 · Jackson $258.2M The Frighteners 1996 · Jackson $16.6M The Lovely Bones 2009 · Jackson $44.1M

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