Name: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Director: Peter Jackson
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2003
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Days
Wed Dec 17	#1	$34.5M		—	$34.5M	3,703	$9K	1
Thu Dec 18	#1	$17.0M	-51%	—	$51.5M	3,703	$5K	2
Fri Dec 19	#1	$21.8M	+28%	—	$73.3M	3,703	$6K	3
Sat Dec 20	#1	$27.5M	+26%	—	$100.8M	3,703	$7K	4
Sun Dec 21	#1	$23.3M	-15%	—	$124.1M	3,703	$6K	5
Mon Dec 22	#1	$13.6M	-42%	—	$137.7M	3,703	$4K	6
Tue Dec 23	#1	$12.5M	-8%	—	$150.1M	3,703	$3K	7
Wed Dec 24	#1	$7.5M	-40%	-78%	$157.7M	3,703	$2K	8
Thu Dec 25	#1	$14.0M	+85%	-18%	$171.7M	3,703	$4K	9
Fri Dec 26	#1	$19.2M	+37%	-12%	$190.8M	3,703	$5K	10
Sat Dec 27	#1	$17.2M	-10%	-37%	$208.1M	3,703	$5K	11
Sun Dec 28	#1	$14.2M	-18%	-39%	$222.3M	3,703	$4K	12
Mon Dec 29	#1	$10.1M	-29%	-26%	$232.3M	3,703	$3K	13
Tue Dec 30	#1	$9.6M	-4%	-23%	$241.9M	3,703	$3K	14
Wed Dec 31	#1	$7.5M	-22%	n/c	$249.4M	3,703	$2K	15
Thu Jan 1	#1	$11.9M	+59%	-15%	$261.4M	3,703	$3K	16
Fri Jan 2	#1	$10.6M	-11%	-45%	$272.9M	3,703	$3K	17
Sat Jan 3	#1	$10.6M	n/c	-39%	$283.4M	3,703	$3K	18
Sun Jan 4	#1	$7.0M	-34%	-51%	$290.5M	3,703	$2K	19
Mon Jan 5	#1	$2.4M	-66%	-76%	$292.8M	3,703	$643	20
Tue Jan 6	#1	$2.2M	-8%	-77%	$295.0M	3,703	$588	21
Wed Jan 7	#1	$1.9M	-12%	-74%	$296.9M	3,703	$518	22
Thu Jan 8	#1	$1.7M	-14%	-86%	$298.2M	3,703	$446	23
Fri Jan 9	#2	$3.6M	+118%	-66%	$301.7M	3,532	$1K	24
Sat Jan 10	#1	$6.4M	+79%	-39%	$308.3M	3,532	$2K	25
Sun Jan 11	#1	$4.1M	-36%	-42%	$312.4M	3,532	$1K	26
Mon Jan 12	#1	$1.2M	-71%	-51%	$313.5M	3,532	$333	27
Tue Jan 13	#1	$1.2M	+3%	-44%	$314.8M	3,532	$344	28
Wed Jan 14	#1	$1.1M	-13%	-45%	$315.8M	3,532	$299	29
Thu Jan 15	#1	$1.0M	-2%	-37%	$316.6M	3,532	$293	30
Fri Jan 16	#4	$2.4M	+129%	-34%	$319.0M	3,003	$791	31
Sat Jan 17	#2	$4.6M	+94%	-28%	$323.6M	3,003	$2K	32
Sun Jan 18	#2	$3.2M	-30%	-21%	$326.9M	3,003	$1K	33
Mon Jan 19	#3	$2.2M	-31%	+89%	$329.1M	3,003	$742	34
Tue Jan 20	#2	$762K	-66%	-37%	$329.8M	3,003	$253	35
Wed Jan 21	#2	$599K	-21%	-43%	$330.4M	3,003	$199	36
Thu Jan 22	#3	$642K	+7%	-38%	$331.1M	3,003	$213	37
Fri Jan 23	#6	$1.5M	+134%	-37%	$332.5M	2,558	$586	38
Sat Jan 24	#6	$3.2M	+111%	-32%	$335.7M	2,558	$1K	39
Sun Jan 25	#3	$2.1M	-33%	-34%	$337.9M	2,558	$827	40
Mon Jan 26	#3	$536K	-75%	-76%	$338.4M	2,558	$209	41
Tue Jan 27	#3	$556K	+4%	-27%	$339.0M	2,558	$217	42
Wed Jan 28	#3	$590K	+6%	-2%	$339.5M	2,558	$230	43
Thu Jan 29	#3	$552K	-6%	-14%	$340.1M	2,558	$215	44
Fri Jan 30	#7	$1.4M	+154%	-7%	$341.4M	2,256	$620	45
Sat Jan 31	#4	$2.7M	+96%	-13%	$344.2M	2,256	$1K	46
Sun Feb 1	#4	$1.2M	-56%	-43%	$345.4M	2,256	$531	47
Mon Feb 2	#4	$403K	-66%	-25%	$345.8M	2,256	$178	48
Tue Feb 3	#4	$416K	+3%	-25%	$346.2M	2,256	$184	49
Wed Feb 4	#4	$381K	-8%	-35%	$346.6M	2,256	$168	50
Thu Feb 5	#4	$352K	-8%	-36%	$346.9M	2,256	$156	51
Fri Feb 6	#9	$900K	+156%	-36%	$347.7M	1,878	$479	52
Sat Feb 7	#7	$2.0M	+124%	-26%	$349.8M	1,878	$1K	53
Sun Feb 8	#7	$1.4M	-32%	+14%	$351.2M	1,878	$730	54
Mon Feb 9	#7	$308K	-78%	-24%	$351.5M	1,878	$164	55
Tue Feb 10	#6	$286K	-7%	-31%	$351.8M	1,878	$152	56
Wed Feb 11	#6	$267K	-7%	-30%	$352.0M	1,878	$142	57
Thu Feb 12	#5	$303K	+13%	-14%	$352.3M	1,878	$161	58
Fri Feb 13	#8	$800K	+164%	-11%	$353.1M	1,663	$481	59
Sat Feb 14	#7	$2.0M	+145%	-3%	$355.1M	1,663	$1K	60
Sun Feb 15	#7	$1.4M	-27%	+4%	$356.5M	1,663	$859	61
Mon Feb 16	#6	$903K	-37%	+193%	$357.4M	1,663	$543	62
Tue Feb 17	#7	$335K	-63%	+17%	$357.7M	1,663	$201	63
Wed Feb 18	#7	$298K	-11%	+12%	$358.0M	1,663	$179	64
Thu Feb 19	#6	$293K	-2%	-3%	$358.3M	1,663	$176	65
Fri Feb 20	#12	$600K	+105%	-25%	$358.9M	1,407	$426	66
Sat Feb 21	#10	$1.3M	+117%	-34%	$360.3M	1,407	$923	67
Sun Feb 22	#7	$897K	-31%	-37%	$361.2M	1,407	$637	68
Mon Feb 23	#11	$207K	-77%	-77%	$361.4M	1,407	$147	69
Tue Feb 24	#10	$215K	+4%	-36%	$361.6M	1,407	$152	70
Wed Feb 25	#11	$188K	-13%	-37%	$361.8M	1,407	$133	71
Thu Feb 26	#11	$198K	+5%	-32%	$362.0M	1,407	$140	72
Fri Feb 27	#11	$500K	+153%	-17%	$362.4M	1,112	$449	73
Sat Feb 28	#11	$1.0M	+100%	-23%	$363.4M	1,112	$899	74
Sun Feb 29	#11	$700K	-30%	-22%	$364.2M	1,112	$629	75
Mon Mar 1	#7	$276K	-61%	+33%	$364.4M	1,112	$248	76
Tue Mar 2	#7	$278K	+1%	+29%	$364.7M	1,112	$250	77
Wed Mar 3	#7	$242K	-13%	+29%	$365.0M	1,112	$217	78
Thu Mar 4	#7	$252K	+4%	+27%	$365.2M	1,112	$226	79
Fri Mar 5	#8	$800K	+217%	+60%	$366.0M	1,903	$420	80
Sat Mar 6	#7	$1.4M	+79%	+43%	$367.4M	1,903	$753	81
Sun Mar 7	#7	$884K	-38%	+26%	$368.3M	1,903	$464	82
Mon Mar 8	#6	$222K	-75%	-20%	$368.5M	1,903	$116	83
Tue Mar 9	#7	$229K	+3%	-18%	$368.7M	1,903	$120	84
Wed Mar 10	#7	$211K	-8%	-13%	$368.9M	1,903	$110	85
Thu Mar 11	#6	$236K	+12%	-6%	$369.2M	1,903	$124	86
Fri Mar 12	#10	$500K	+112%	-38%	$369.6M	1,307	$382	87
Sat Mar 13	#9	$908K	+82%	-37%	$370.6M	1,307	$694	88
Sun Mar 14	#9	$627K	-31%	-29%	$371.2M	1,307	$479	89
Mon Mar 15	#9	$211K	-66%	-5%	$371.4M	1,307	$161	90
Tue Mar 16	#9	$231K	+9%	+1%	$371.6M	1,307	$176	91
Wed Mar 17	#9	$199K	-14%	-6%	$371.8M	1,307	$152	92
Thu Mar 18	#9	$224K	+13%	-5%	$372.1M	1,307	$171	93
Fri Mar 19	#11	$400K	+79%	-20%	$372.4M	1,021	$391	94
Sat Mar 20	#12	$598K	+50%	-34%	$373.0M	1,021	$585	95
Sun Mar 21	#11	$391K	-35%	-38%	$373.4M	1,021	$382	96
Mon Mar 22	#10	$122K	-69%	-42%	$373.5M	1,021	$119	97
Tue Mar 23	#10	$122K	n/c	-47%	$373.6M	1,021	$119	98
Wed Mar 24	#10	$118K	-3%	-41%	$373.8M	1,021	$115	99
Thu Mar 25	#10	$131K	+11%	-42%	$373.9M	1,021	$128	100
Tue Jun 28	#8	$819K			$377.9M	521	$2K
Thu Apr 13	#2	$1.2M			$379.1M	1,107	$1K
Mon Jun 10	#2	$1.8M			$380.8M	1,172	$2K
Mon Jun 17	#5	$513K		-71%	$381.4M	1,024	$501
Mon Jun 24		$156K		-70%	$381.5M	51	$3K
Sun Jan 18	#5	$2.3M			$381.9M	1,655	$1K
Mon Jan 19		$95K	-96%		$382.0M	421	$225
Fri Jan 23		$100K			$382.1M	244	$409
Sat Jan 24		$200K	+100%		$382.3M	244	$819
Sun Jan 25	#4	$1.1M	+450%	-52%	$383.4M	244	$5K

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Dec 19-21	1	$72.6M	—	$124.1M	3,703	$20K	1
Dec 26-28	1	$50.6M	-30.3%	$222.3M	3,703	$14K	2
Jan 2-4	1	$28.2M	-44.3%	$290.4M	3,703	$8K	3
Jan 9-11	1	$14.2M	-49.6%	$312.3M	3,532	$4K	4
Jan 16-18	3	$10.2M	-28.1%	$326.8M	3,003	$3K	5
Jan 23-25	5	$6.8M	-33.6%	$337.8M	2,558	$3K	6
Jan 30-Feb 1	4	$5.3M	-21.7%	$345.3M	2,256	$2K	7
Feb 6-8	7	$4.3M	-19.2%	$351.1M	1,878	$2K	8
Feb 13-15	8	$4.2M	-2.5%	$356.5M	1,663	$3K	9
Feb 20-22	10	$2.9M	-31.9%	$361.1M	1,407	$2K	10
Feb 27-29	11	$2.2M	-23.7%	$364.1M	1,112	$2K	11
Mar 5-7	7	$3.0M	+39.7%	$368.2M	1,903	$2K	12
Mar 12-14	9	$2.0M	-33.5%	$371.1M	1,307	$2K	13
Mar 19-21	11	$1.4M	-33.2%	$373.4M	1,021	$1K	14
Mar 26-28	15	$706K	-47.7%	$374.6M	661	$1K	15
Apr 2-4	19	$374K	-47.0%	$375.2M	348	$1K	16
Apr 9-11	21	$289K	-22.6%	$375.7M	338	$855	17
Apr 16-18	28	$227K	-21.4%	$376.1M	295	$770	18
Apr 23-25	27	$195K	-14.3%	$376.3M	268	$726	19
Apr 30-May 2	35	$155K	-20.6%	$376.6M	221	$699	20
May 7-9	38	$104K	-32.9%	$376.7M	190	$545	21
May 14-16	40	$93K	-10.7%	$376.9M	153	$605	22
May 21-23	44	$72K	-22.0%	$377.0M	135	$534	23

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Performance Charts

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Cast & Crew