‘Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy 25th Anniversary Event Rings Up $11M In Worldwide Box Office
Published by Deadline on Jan 19, 2026 1:22 AM
‘Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy 25th Anniversary Event Rings Up $11M In Worldwide Box Office
Anthony D’Alessandro
Deadline
Editorial Director/Box Office Editor
January 19, 2026 12:22pm
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
‘New Line/Everett Collection
While Lord of the Rings fans are waiting for the next installment in the franchise — the Andy Serkis-directed The Hunt for Gollum in December 2027 — they returned to cinemas this weekend to see Peter Jackson’s 25th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as well as its two sequels, The Two Towers from 2002 and Return of the King from 2003.
Combined, the entire re-issue of the New Line trilogy via Fathom Entertainment did $9 million at the domestic box office this frame, with another $1.5M from offshore markets for a combined global weekend of $10.5M.
Broken out, Fellowship of the Rings did $3.85M over four days, while Two Towers did $2.64M (it began showtimes Saturday) and Return of the King made $2.5M since Sunday.
Originally only booked for two weekends — January 16-18 and January 23-25 — each title was to play on a particular day, e.g., The Fellowship of the Ring on Friday, The Two Towers on Saturday, and The Return of the King on Sunday. But by fan demand, movie chains added additional days, locations and marathons.
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release, Jackson recorded never-before-seen intros for each title in the trilogy. AMC, Regal and select circuits were selling limited popcorn-branded popcorn buckets to celebrate live-action screen takes of the J.R.R. Tolkien novels.
Fathom and Warner Bros’ New Line previously teamed in 2024 on a theatrical rerelease of the trilogy and grossed $8.2M at the domestic box office over three weekends.