Domestic Opening $62,007,528. Budget $94,000,000. Earliest Release Date December 18, 2002 (16 markets) MPAA PG-13. Running Time 2 hr 59 min. Genres Action Adventure Drama Fantasy. IMDbPro See more The last movie to win best picture while topping that year’s box office was “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in 2003. Since 1980, only three other best picture winners have It grossed nearly $3 billion at the worldwide box office and tallied up 17 total Oscars, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, for its part, seems to be following suit. The Re-Release Will Feature the Extended Version of the Movie. The film will return to cinemas on April 13th as part of a special release to celebrate two decades since its sensational release Although the five films in the franchise brought a ton of money, with a total box office gross of $3.35 billion, The Middle-Earth franchise, which spawned The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Lord of the Rings proved to be an absolute box-office success, and all three films were widely acclaimed by critics, earning 800 award nominations and winning over half of them. The trilogy ranks The Lord of the Rings: and it set all sorts of box office records while out-performing the two previous entries, which is a rare feat. Grossing $1.1 billion total, it’s generally recognized .

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