| Movie Summary | 
Return of the King | 
Spider-Man | 
The Phantom Menace |
| Genre | Fantasy | Action / Adventure | Sci-Fi Fantasy |
| Studio | New Line | Sony / Columbia | Fox |
| Release Date | December 17, 2003 | May 3, 2002 | May 19, 1999 |
| Domestic Gross | $377,027,325 | $403,706,375 | $431,088,295 |
| Production Budget | $94 million | $139 million | $115 million |
| Running Time | 3 hrs. 20 min. | 2 hrs. 1 min. | 2 hrs. 13 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG |
| MPAA Reason | for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images | stylized violence and action | sci-fi action/violence |
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| Domestic Summary | Return of the King | Spider-Man | The Phantom Menace |
| Total Gross | $377,027,325 | $403,706,375 | $431,088,295 |
| Opening Weekend* | $72,629,713 | $114,844,116 | $64,820,970 |
| Theaters | 3,703 | 3,615 | 2,970 |
| Average | $19,613 | $31,768 | $21,825 |
| Opening % of Total | 19.3% | 28.4% | 15.0% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -30.3% | -37.8% | -20.7% |
| Widest Release | 3,703 | 3,876 | 3,126 |
| Close Date | June 3, 2004 | August 18, 2002 | February 3, 2000 |
| In Release | 170 days / 24 weeks | 108 days / 15 weeks | 261 days / 37 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. |
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| Worldwide Summary | Return of the King | Spider-Man | The Phantom Menace |
| Worldwide Gross | $1,119,110,941 | $821,708,551 | $983,588,295 |
| Foreign Gross | $742,083,616 | $418,002,176 | $552,500,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 66.3% | 50.9% | 56.2% |
| Domestic Gross | $377,027,325 | $403,706,375 | $431,088,295 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 33.7% | 49.1% | 43.8% |
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| Genres & Franchises | Return of the King | Spider-Man | The Phantom Menace |
| Showdown: All Time Wednesday Opener Bout | #3 | - | #1 |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man | #2 | #1 | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars | #3 | #2 | #1 |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars | #2 | - | #1 |
| Showdown: Uber-Blockbuster Showdown | #4 | #2 | - |
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| Chart Rankings | Return of the King | Spider-Man | The Phantom Menace |
| All Time Domestic | #20 | #14 | #5 |
| All Time Adjusted | #52 | #36 | #17 |
| All Time Worldwide | #6 | #37 | #13 |
| Worldwide Openings | #16 | #61 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | #13 | - | #18 |
| Opening Weeks | #33 | #17 | #60 |
| Opening Day Gross | #36 | #25 | #49 |
| Opening Wednesdays | #7 | - | #8 |
| Single Day Gross | #73 | #32 | #127 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross | #23 | #28 | #38 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #10 | - | #29 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | #15 | #31 | #61 |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #86 | #19 | #141 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | #32 | #55 | #22 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #56 | #12 | #82 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #43 | #16 | #51 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #16 | - | #39 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #20 | #38 | #69 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #7 | #88 | #9 |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | #13 | #21 | #22 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #67 | #13 | #48 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #63 | #13 | #46 |
| Sunday Share of Opening Weekends | #149 | - | #81 |
| Opening Weekends | #50 | #16 | #78 |
| Opening Weekends - May | - | #6 | #30 |
| Opening Weekends - Summer | - | #10 | #52 |
| Eleventh Weekends | #68 | - | #33 |
| Ninth Weekends | #50 | #86 | #24 |
| Tenth Weekends | #66 | #110 | #29 |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #28 | #16 | #43 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #50 | #19 | #89 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #34 | #24 | #54 |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #31 | #26 | #40 |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #27 | #26 | #39 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #31 | #22 | #42 |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #31 | #19 | #43 |
| Twelfth Weekends | #31 | - | #53 |
| Twelfth Weekends | #47 | - | #68 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #33 | #26 | #41 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday | #9 | - | #10 |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #34 | #149 | #72 |
| Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) | #88 | - | #112 |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #26 | #136 | #56 |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 | #118 | - | #90 |
| Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | - | #34 | #15 |
| Second Weekends | #22 | #6 | #20 |
| Third Weekends | #25 | #3 | #13 |
| Fourth Weekends | #67 | #4 | #7 |
| Fifth Weekends | #58 | #11 | #5 |
| Sixth Weekends | #96 | #26 | #8 |
| Seventh Weekends | #90 | #28 | #12 |
| Eighth Weekends | #81 | #70 | #15 |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #75 | #156 | - |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #174 | #349 | #76 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #286 | #542 | #130 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #1002 | #1547 | #577 |
| Rated PG-13 | #13 | #8 | - |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | #37 | #14 | - |
| Widest Releases | #121 | #73 | #515 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #110 | #147 | - |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | #59 | #79 | - |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #64 | #38 | - |
| Fastest to $100 million | #36 | #20 | #41 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #28 | #26 | #43 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #29 | #20 | #36 |
| Fastest to $250 million | #17 | #16 | #29 |
| Fastest to $300 million | #17 | #15 | #18 |
| Fastest to $350 million | #17 | #12 | #15 |
| Fastest to $400 million | - | #9 | #10 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #473 | #489 | #468 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #96 | #105 | #89 |
| BOM Users' Grades | #6 | #120 | #473 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | #11 | - | #9 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #28 | #8 | #30 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | #18 | #22 | #17 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #8 | #77 | #15 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #8 | #22 | #26 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #52 | #37 | #32 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #68 | #14 | #67 |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #28 | #46 | #8 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #42 | #3 | #35 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #29 | #6 | #19 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #13 | #93 | #20 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #12 | #29 | #33 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #6 | #78 | #7 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #93 | #4 | #28 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #80 | #4 | #27 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - May | - | #4 | #17 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #40 | #8 | #35 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer | - | #8 | #25 |
| Eleventh Weekends Adjusted | #108 | - | #38 |
| Ninth Weekends Adjusted | #86 | #132 | #28 |
| Tenth Weekends Adjusted | #109 | #146 | #34 |
| Twelfth Weekends Adjusted | #52 | - | #60 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted | #7 | - | #5 |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #18 | #2 | #6 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #24 | #2 | #7 |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | #95 | #4 | #3 |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | #100 | #29 | #5 |
| Sixth Weekends Adjusted | #151 | #41 | #11 |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | #162 | #59 | #21 |
| Eighth Weekends Adjusted | #131 | #105 | #20 |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #11 | #7 | - |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #29 | #8 | - |
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