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Lord of the Rings Showdown
Return of the King vs. Two Towers vs. Fellowship of the Ring vs. King Kong vs. The Hobbit
(Weekend Gross / Weekend End Date (Sun) / Weekend Rank / Theaters / Theater Avg. / % Last Wknd / Gross-to-Date)
| WEEKEND NUMBER |
 Return of the King |
 Two Towers |
 Fellowship of the Ring |
 King Kong |
 The Hobbit |
| 1 | $72,629,713 12-21-03 / 1 3,703 / $19,613 - $124,100,534 |
$62,007,528 12-22-02 / 1 3,622 / $17,119 - $102,046,212 |
$47,211,490 12-23-01 / 1 3,359 / $14,055 - $75,129,468 |
$50,130,145 12-18-05 / 1 3,568 / $14,049 - $66,181,645 |
$84,617,303 12-16-12 / 1 4,045 / $20,919 - $84,617,303 |
| 2 | $50,598,104 12-28-03 / 1 3,703 / $13,664 -30.3% $222,268,708 |
$48,875,549 12-29-02 / 1 3,622 / $13,494 -21.2% $200,058,231 |
$38,695,582 12-30-01 / 1 3,359 / $11,520 -18% $155,862,412 |
$21,259,320 12-25-05 / 1 3,576 / $5,945 -57.6% $108,582,050 |
$36,888,365 12-23-12 / 1 4,100 / $8,997 -56.4% $150,041,265 |
| 3 | $28,180,378 1-4-04 / 1 3,703 / $7,610 -44.3% $290,410,961 |
$25,017,279 1-5-03 / 1 3,622 / $6,907 -48.8% $261,031,601 |
$23,006,447 1-6-02 / 1 3,381 / $6,805 -40.5% $205,509,869 |
$24,772,410 1-1-06 / 2 3,627 / $6,830 +16.5% $167,505,310 |
$31,926,068 12-30-12 / 1 4,100 / $7,787 -13.5% $221,626,882 |
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| 4 | $14,209,098 1-11-04 / 1 3,532 / $4,022 -49.6% $312,320,936 |
$14,755,306 1-12-03 / 2 3,477 / $4,243 -41% $283,421,517 |
$16,201,260 1-13-02 / 1 3,381 / $4,792 -29.6% $228,320,875 |
$12,622,285 1-8-06 / 3 3,482 / $3,625 -49% $192,678,805 |
$17,545,386 1-6-13 / 3 3,755 / $4,673 -45% $263,834,893 |
| 5 | $10,219,470 1-18-04 / 3 3,003 / $3,403 -28.1% $326,812,102 |
$10,274,388 1-19-03 / 5 3,110 / $3,303 -30.4% $297,892,450 |
$12,473,748 1-20-02 / 3 3,266 / $3,819 -23% $245,418,551 |
$7,528,060 1-15-06 / 7 2,814 / $2,675 -40.4% $202,994,060 |
$9,168,431 1-13-13 / 6 3,012 / $3,044 -47.7% $278,212,618 |
| 6 | $6,786,756 1-25-04 / 5 2,558 / $2,653 -33.6% $337,817,998 |
$6,611,705 1-26-03 / 5 2,666 / $2,480 -35.6% $308,821,306 |
$7,803,075 1-27-02 / 8 2,703 / $2,887 -37.4% $258,449,272 |
$4,222,560 1-22-06 / 10 2,205 / $1,914 -43.9% $209,875,885 |
$6,176,941 1-20-13 / 10 2,323 / $2,659 -32.6% $287,166,682 |
| 7 | $5,310,803 2-1-04 / 4 2,256 / $2,354 -21.7% $345,331,815 |
$5,088,421 2-2-03 / 7 2,175 / $2,339 -23% $316,026,494 |
$5,704,259 2-3-02 / 8 2,309 / $2,470 -26.9% $266,274,199 |
$2,346,555 1-29-06 / 16 1,322 / $1,775 -44.4% $213,160,170 |
$3,385,361 1-27-13 / 12 1,675 / $2,021 -45.2% $293,323,831 |
| 8 | $4,293,671 2-8-04 / 7 1,878 / $2,286 -19.2% $351,133,343 |
$3,516,739 2-9-03 / 10 1,680 / $2,093 -30.9% $320,857,049 |
$3,618,397 2-10-02 / 11 1,706 / $2,121 -36.6% $271,416,919 |
$1,188,045 2-5-06 / 20 868 / $1,368 -49.4% $214,870,795 |
$1,901,164 2-3-13 / 12 1,300 / $1,462 -43.8% $296,193,684 |
| 9 | $4,187,195 2-15-04 / 8 1,663 / $2,517 -2.5% $356,464,770 |
$3,072,238 2-16-03 / 12 1,422 / $2,160 -12.6% $324,921,599 |
$4,701,851 2-17-02 / 12 1,507 / $3,120 +29.9% $277,635,371 |
$535,595 2-12-06 / 24 441 / $1,214 -54.9% $215,699,910 |
$1,468,374 2-10-13 / 16 1,001 / $1,467 -22.8% $298,333,426 |
| 10 | $2,850,455 2-22-04 / 10 1,407 / $2,025 -31.9% $361,118,934 |
$1,925,167 2-23-03 / 14 925 / $2,081 -37.3% $328,156,417 |
$3,457,862 2-24-02 / 12 1,510 / $2,290 -26.5% $283,191,086 |
$377,340 2-19-06 / 28 331 / $1,140 -29.5% $216,253,650 |
$990,361 2-17-13 / 17 605 / $1,637 -32.6% $299,874,706 |
| 11 | $2,174,665 2-29-04 / 11 1,112 / $1,955 -23.7% $364,115,612 |
$1,618,139 3-2-03 / 15 905 / $1,787 -15.9% $330,338,275 |
$3,318,231 3-3-02 / 10 1,303 / $2,547 -4% $287,573,505 |
$273,245 2-26-06 / 31 264 / $1,035 -27.6% $216,682,440 |
$550,483 2-24-13 / 22 388 / $1,419 -44.4% $300,952,379 |
| 12 | $3,037,822 3-7-04 / 7 1,903 / $1,596 +39.7% $368,210,170 |
$1,227,603 3-9-03 / 16 703 / $1,746 -24.1% $332,075,527 |
$2,683,317 3-10-02 / 10 1,210 / $2,218 -19.1% $291,149,457 |
$207,065 3-5-06 / 33 250 / $828 -24.2% $216,959,345 |
$267,754 3-3-13 / 27 210 / $1,275 -51.4% $301,402,746 |
| 13 | $2,021,501 3-14-04 / 9 1,307 / $1,546 -33.5% $371,147,794 |
$1,014,613 3-16-03 / 16 612 / $1,657 -17.4% $333,623,857 |
$2,118,375 3-17-02 / 11 1,101 / $1,924 -21.1% $294,343,844 |
$267,655 3-12-06 / 30 269 / $995 +29.3% $217,295,200 |
$378,936 3-10-13 / 23 337 / $1,124 +41.5% $301,874,933 |
| 14 | $1,350,748 3-21-04 / 11 1,021 / $1,322 -33.2% $373,359,557 |
$768,554 3-23-03 / 20 518 / $1,483 -24.3% $334,790,872 |
$2,363,869 3-24-02 / 11 1,317 / $1,795 +11.6% $297,530,963 |
$214,830 3-19-06 / 32 229 / $938 -19.7% $217,619,085 |
$317,818 3-17-13 / 23 305 / $1,042 -16.1% $302,393,021 |
| 15 | $705,817 3-28-04 / 15 661 / $1,067 -47.7% $374,556,572 |
$623,597 3-30-03 / 19 425 / $1,467 -18.9% $335,800,124 |
$2,382,794 3-31-02 / 12 1,120 / $2,127 +0.8% $301,308,405 |
$185,215 3-26-06 / 33 196 / $944 -13.8% $217,888,685 |
$178,205 3-24-13 / 30 235 / $758 -43.9% $302,695,938 |
| 16 | $373,903 4-4-04 / 19 348 / $1,074 -47% $375,204,550 |
$479,627 4-6-03 / 21 345 / $1,390 -23.1% $336,500,653 |
$1,740,099 4-7-02 / 12 977 / $1,781 -27% $304,117,086 |
$93,010 4-2-06 / 34 131 / $710 -49.8% $218,051,260 |
$69,568 3-31-13 / 43 145 / $480 -61% $302,849,493 |
| 17 | $289,233 4-11-04 / 21 338 / $855 -22.6% $375,667,233 |
$340,197 4-13-03 / 25 332 / $1,024 -29.1% $337,013,432 |
$1,219,369 4-14-02 / 15 868 / $1,405 -29.9% $305,819,565 |
- | $39,325 4-7-13 / 55 77 / $511 -43.5% $302,932,624 |
| 18 | $227,321 4-18-04 / 28 295 / $770 -21.4% $376,058,551 |
$351,838 4-20-03 / 25 324 / $1,085 +3.4% $337,526,600 |
$771,711 4-21-02 / 17 706 / $1,093 -36.7% $306,999,514 |
- | $30,686 4-14-13 / 56 55 / $558 -22% $302,975,075 |
| 19 | $194,730 4-25-04 / 27 268 / $726 -14.3% $376,337,432 |
$247,078 4-27-03 / 28 269 / $918 -29.8% $337,949,941 |
$797,997 4-28-02 / 17 529 / $1,509 +3.4% $308,078,986 |
- | $18,817 4-21-13 / 62 51 / $369 -38.7% $303,001,229 |
| 20 | $154,631 5-2-04 / 35 221 / $699 -20.6% $376,556,583 |
$186,420 5-4-03 / 32 225 / $828 -24.6% $338,230,249 |
$452,061 5-5-02 / 22 408 / $1,108 -43.4% $308,791,984 |
- | - |
| 21 | $103,709 5-9-04 / 38 190 / $545 -32.9% $376,716,328 |
$151,733 5-11-03 / 32 190 / $798 -18.6% $338,457,054 |
$502,487 5-12-02 / 19 440 / $1,142 +11.2% $309,471,992 |
- | - |
| 22 | $92,571 5-16-04 / 40 153 / $605 -10.7% $376,853,002 |
$101,515 5-18-03 / 33 163 / $622 -33.1% $338,622,570 |
$411,515 5-19-02 / 18 418 / $984 -18.1% $310,078,970 |
- | - |
| 23 | $72,176 5-23-04 / 44 135 / $534 -22% $376,958,965 |
$116,483 5-25-03 / 32 135 / $862 +14.7% $338,794,804 |
$358,567 5-26-02 / - 335 / $1,070 -12.9% $310,629,729 |
- | - |
| 24 | $25,304 5-30-04 / - 61 / $414 -64.9% $377,013,073 |
$89,444 6-1-03 / 34 111 / $805 -23.2% $338,955,859 |
$224,662 6-2-02 / 21 259 / $867 -37.3% $311,053,126 |
- | - |
| 25 | - | $82,136 6-8-03 / 38 115 / $714 -8.2% $339,104,919 |
$223,059 6-9-02 / 23 239 / $933 -0.7% $311,407,091 |
- | - |
| 26 | - | $74,391 6-15-03 / 41 103 / $722 -9.4% $339,230,928 |
$178,838 6-16-02 / 25 221 / $809 -19.8% $311,705,137 |
- | - |
| 27 | - | $59,606 6-22-03 / 43 101 / $590 -19.9% $339,344,075 |
$156,740 6-23-02 / 28 214 / $732 -12.4% $312,014,743 |
- | - |
| 28 | - | $73,395 6-29-03 / 39 86 / $853 +23.1% $339,457,993 |
$149,167 6-30-02 / 29 185 / $806 -4.8% $312,274,288 |
- | - |
| 29 | - | $50,890 7-6-03 / 46 79 / $644 -30.7% $339,554,276 |
$150,369 7-7-02 / 34 167 / $900 +0.8% $312,549,779 |
- | - |
| 30 | - | $35,424 7-13-03 / 51 71 / $498 -30.4% $339,628,782 |
$114,543 7-14-02 / 33 160 / $716 -23.8% $312,762,385 |
- | - |
| 31 | - | $29,000 7-20-03 / 55 57 / $508 -18.1% $339,687,608 |
$106,238 7-21-02 / 34 140 / $759 -7.3% $312,965,191 |
- | - |
| 32 | - | $22,680 7-27-03 / 62 32 / $708 -21.8% $339,734,454 |
$81,178 7-28-02 / 40 102 / $796 -23.6% $313,111,364 |
- | - |
| 33 | - | $7,550 8-3-03 / 80 12 / $629 -66.7% $339,758,803 |
$69,067 8-4-02 / 43 107 / $645 -14.9% $313,240,158 |
- | - |
| 34 | - | $7,792 8-10-03 / - 13 / $599 +3.2% $339,772,508 |
$43,794 8-11-02 / 52 61 / $718 -36.6% $313,322,223 |
- | - |
| 35 | - | $5,105 8-17-03 / 92 10 / $510 -34.5% $339,781,747 |
$18,034 8-18-02 / 73 40 / $451 -58.8% $313,364,114 |
- | - |
| Total | $377,027,325 | $339,789,881 | $313,364,114 | $218,080,025 | $303,003,568 |
| Budget | $94 million | $94 million | $93 million | $207 million | n/a |
| Theaters | 3,703 | 3,622 | 3,381 | 3,627 | 4,100 |
| Release Date |
12/17/03 | 12/18/02 | 12/19/01 | 12/14/05 | 12/14/2012 |
| Yearly Rank |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| All Time Rank |
20 | 24 | 34 | 103 | 42 |
