The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
“The eye of the enemy is moving.”
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Studio
New Line Cinema
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King performed
Budget
$94.0M
Worldwide Gross
$1.1B
Gross Profit
$1.0B
Return
11.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$129M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Frodo
Elijah Wood
Frodo
Gandalf
Ian McKellen
Gandalf
Aragorn
Viggo Mortensen
Aragorn
Sam
Sean Astin
Sam
Gollum / Smeagol
Andy Serkis
Gollum / Smeagol
Merry
Dominic Monaghan
Merry
Pippin
Billy Boyd
Pippin
Denethor
John Noble
Denethor
Faramir
David Wenham
Faramir
Éowyn
Miranda Otto
Éowyn
Théoden
Bernard Hill
Théoden
Gimli
John Rhys-Davies
Gimli
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