| Movie Summary | 
Return of the King | 
Attack of the Clones | 
Two Towers | 
The Phantom Menace |
| Genre | Fantasy | Sci-Fi Fantasy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi Fantasy |
| Studio | New Line | Fox | New Line | Fox |
| Release Date | December 17, 2003 | May 16, 2002 | December 18, 2002 | May 19, 1999 |
| Domestic Gross | $377,027,325 | $302,191,252 | $339,789,881 | $431,088,295 |
| Production Budget | $94 million | $115 million | $94 million | $115 million |
| Running Time | 3 hrs. 20 min. | 2 hrs. 12 min. | 2 hrs. 59 min. | 2 hrs. 13 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | PG | PG-13 | PG |
| MPAA Reason | for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images | sustained sequences of sci-fi action/violence | epic battle sequences and scary images | sci-fi action/violence |
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| Domestic Summary | Return of the King | Attack of the Clones | Two Towers | The Phantom Menace |
| Total Gross | $377,027,325 | $302,191,252 | $339,789,881 | $431,088,295 |
| Opening Weekend* | $72,629,713 | $80,027,814 | $62,007,528 | $64,820,970 |
| Theaters | 3,703 | 3,161 | 3,622 | 2,970 |
| Average | $19,613 | $25,317 | $17,119 | $21,825 |
| Opening % of Total | 19.3% | 26.5% | 18.2% | 15.0% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -30.3% | -40.2% | -21.2% | -20.7% |
| Widest Release | 3,703 | 3,161 | 3,622 | 3,126 |
| Close Date | June 3, 2004 | November 3, 2002 | August 24, 2003 | February 3, 2000 |
| In Release | 170 days / 24 weeks | 172 days / 25 weeks | 250 days / 36 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 | Attack of the Clones | Two Towers | The Phantom Menace |
| Worldwide Gross | $1,119,110,941 | $640,912,840 | $923,285,627 | $983,588,295 |
| Foreign Gross | $742,083,616 | $338,721,588 | $583,495,746 | $552,500,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 66.3% | 52.8% | 63.2% | 56.2% |
| Domestic Gross | $377,027,325 | $302,191,252 | $339,789,881 | $431,088,295 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 33.7% | 47.2% | 36.8% | 43.8% |
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| People Summary | Return of the King | Attack of the Clones | Two Towers | The Phantom Menace |
| Actor: Cate Blanchett | #1 | - | n/a | - |
| Actor: Elijah Wood | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Ewan McGregor | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Actor: Ian McKellen | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Karl Urban | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Liv Tyler | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Natalie Portman | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Actor: Orlando Bloom | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Actor: Samuel L. Jackson | - | n/a | - | n/a |
| Actor: Viggo Mortensen | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Composer: Howard Shore | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Composer: John Williams | - | #8 | - | #1 |
| Director: George Lucas | - | #4 | - | #1 |
| Director: Peter Jackson | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: Fran Walsh | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: George Lucas | - | #5 | - | #1 |
| Producer: Peter Jackson | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: Rick McCallum | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Writer: George Lucas | - | #5 | - | #1 |
| Writer: Philippa Boyens | #1 | - | #2 | - |
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| Genres & Franchises | Return of the King | Attack of the Clones | Two Towers | The Phantom Menace |
| Franchise: Star Wars | - | #4 | - | #1 |
| Franchise: The Lord of the Rings | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Genre: Fantasy - Live Action | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Genre: Prequel | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Genre: Sci-Fi - Adventure | - | #6 | - | #2 |
| Genre: Sword and Sorcery | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Showdown: 'Star Wars' Vs. 'Star Trek' | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Showdown: All Time Wednesday Opener Bout | #3 | - | - | #1 |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars | #3 | - | - | #1 |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars | #2 | #4 | #3 | #1 |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. The Matrix | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Showdown: Pre-Memorial Day Sci-Fi Showdown | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Showdown: Star Wars Prequel | - | #3 | - | #1 |
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| Chart Rankings | Return of the King | Attack of the Clones | Two Towers | The Phantom Menace |
| All Time Domestic | #20 | #36 | #25 | #5 |
| All Time Adjusted | #52 | #87 | #62 | #17 |
| All Time Worldwide | #6 | #64 | #24 | #13 |
| Yearly 2002 | - | #3 | #2 | - |
| Yearly Opening Weekends 2002 | - | #3 | #5 | - |
| Worldwide Openings | #16 | #41 | #34 | - |
| Worldwide Yearly 2002 | - | #4 | #1 | - |
| Foreign Opening Weekends | #22 | #50 | #32 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | #13 | #10 | #20 | #18 |
| Opening Weeks | #33 | #40 | #41 | #60 |
| Opening Day Gross | #35 | #44 | #58 | #48 |
| Opening Wednesdays | #7 | - | #10 | #8 |
| Single Day Gross | #72 | #100 | #162 | #126 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross | #23 | #14 | #33 | #38 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #10 | - | #14 | #29 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | #15 | - | #56 | #61 |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #85 | #65 | #129 | #140 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | #32 | #41 | #33 | #22 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #56 | #40 | #97 | #82 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #43 | #36 | #66 | #51 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #16 | #4 | #20 | #39 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #20 | - | #64 | #69 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #7 | - | #11 | #9 |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | #13 | #25 | #34 | #22 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #67 | #31 | #102 | #48 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #63 | #31 | #96 | #46 |
| New Years Days | #5 | - | #9 | - |
| Christmas Days | #8 | - | #12 | - |
| Sunday Share of Opening Weekends | #149 | - | #136 | #81 |
| Opening Weekends | #50 | #40 | #86 | #78 |
| Opening Weekends - December | #4 | - | #7 | - |
| Opening Weekends - May | - | #18 | - | #30 |
| Opening Weekends - Holiday | #12 | - | #21 | - |
| Opening Weekends - Summer | - | #27 | - | #52 |
| Eleventh Weekends | #68 | - | #107 | #33 |
| Ninth Weekends | #50 | - | #90 | #24 |
| Tenth Weekends | #66 | - | #129 | #29 |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #28 | #38 | #39 | #43 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #50 | #38 | #90 | #89 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #34 | #31 | #58 | #54 |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #31 | #36 | #42 | #40 |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #27 | #37 | #40 | #39 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #31 | #38 | #40 | #42 |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #31 | #39 | #40 | #43 |
| Twelfth Weekends | #47 | - | #110 | #68 |
| Twelfth Weekends | #31 | - | #118 | #53 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #33 | #34 | #44 | #41 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday | #9 | - | #12 | #10 |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #34 | #157 | #77 | #72 |
| Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) | #88 | - | - | #112 |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #26 | #145 | #63 | #56 |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 | #118 | - | - | #90 |
| Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends | #58 | - | #57 | - |
| Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends | - | #18 | - | #15 |
| Second Weekends | #22 | #26 | #25 | #20 |
| Third Weekends | #25 | #67 | #37 | #13 |
| Fourth Weekends | #67 | #70 | #55 | #7 |
| Fifth Weekends | #58 | #78 | #57 | #5 |
| Sixth Weekends | #96 | #176 | #105 | #8 |
| Seventh Weekends | #90 | - | #104 | #12 |
| Eighth Weekends | #81 | - | #124 | #15 |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #75 | #186 | #40 | - |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #174 | #409 | #81 | #76 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #286 | #636 | #135 | #130 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #1002 | #1737 | #588 | #577 |
| Rated G and PG | - | #11 | - | #1 |
| Rated PG | - | #8 | - | #1 |
| Rated PG-13 | #13 | - | #17 | - |
| Rated PG, Opening Weekends | - | #7 | - | #17 |
| Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends | - | #8 | - | #20 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | #37 | - | #59 | - |
| Widest Releases | #120 | #477 | #159 | #512 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #109 | #436 | #141 | - |
| Widest PG Rated Openings | - | #135 | - | #190 |
| Widest PG Rated Releases | - | #146 | - | #151 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | #59 | - | #76 | - |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #64 | - | #87 | - |
| Fastest to $100 million | #36 | #32 | #45 | #41 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #28 | #39 | #40 | #43 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #29 | #34 | #35 | #36 |
| Fastest to $250 million | #17 | #36 | #25 | #29 |
| Fastest to $300 million | #17 | #38 | #22 | #18 |
| Fastest to $350 million | #16 | - | - | #14 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #471 | #475 | #462 | #466 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #96 | #91 | #90 | #89 |
| Best Picture Nomination Effect | #127 | - | #138 | - |
| BOM Users' Grades | #6 | #431 | #14 | #473 |
| BOM Users' Grades (2002 Releases) | - | #55 | #3 | - |
| Yearly (Wide) 2002 | - | #3 | #2 | - |
| Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2002 | - | #3 | #5 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | #11 | #7 | #17 | #9 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #28 | #32 | #33 | #30 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | #18 | #8 | #26 | #17 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #8 | #109 | #12 | #15 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #8 | #65 | #39 | #26 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #52 | #69 | #10 | #32 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #67 | #45 | #90 | #66 |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #28 | #36 | #22 | #8 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #42 | #22 | #72 | #35 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #29 | #22 | #50 | #19 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #13 | #3 | #17 | #20 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #12 | #74 | #47 | #33 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #6 | #115 | #9 | #7 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #93 | #24 | #123 | #28 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #80 | #23 | #104 | #27 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - December | #1 | - | #3 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - May | - | #15 | - | #17 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #40 | #32 | #63 | #35 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday | #8 | - | #14 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer | - | #23 | - | #25 |
| Eleventh Weekends Adjusted | #108 | - | #153 | #38 |
| Ninth Weekends Adjusted | #86 | - | #141 | #28 |
| Tenth Weekends Adjusted | #109 | - | #182 | #34 |
| Twelfth Weekends Adjusted | #52 | - | #156 | #60 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted | #7 | - | #13 | #5 |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #18 | #19 | #16 | #6 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #24 | #63 | #35 | #7 |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | #95 | #80 | #76 | #3 |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | #100 | #107 | #94 | #5 |
| Sixth Weekends Adjusted | #151 | - | #149 | #11 |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | #162 | - | #169 | #21 |
| Eighth Weekends Adjusted | #131 | - | #188 | #20 |
| Rated G and PG Adjusted | - | #48 | - | #11 |
| Rated PG Adjusted | - | #28 | - | #6 |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #11 | - | #14 | - |
| Rated PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | #7 | - | #8 |
| Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | #8 | - | #9 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #29 | - | #48 | - |
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