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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
Released
2001 · FILM

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

A young hobbit named Frodo inherits a mysterious ring that holds the power to destroy the Dark Lord Sauron, forcing him to embark on a perilous journey with a ragtag fellowship to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom before it falls into the wrong hands.

“One ring to rule them all.”

Directed by
Peter Jackson, Peter Jackson Nm0001392
Written by
J R R Tolkien, Fran Walsh
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
178 min
AdventureDramaFantasy

Synopsis

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 393+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John GilbertShot by Andrew LesnieScored by Howard ShoreDesigned by Grant Major

Box Office

2001 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$871.4M

Budget$93.0M
Worldwide gross$871.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $313.4M — 36% of worldwide · International: $558.0M (64%)

Opening weekend: $27.9M — 9% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $27.9M — 9% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,359 theaters

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Re-release box office

20261,674 theaters
$11.5M($11.5M today)
20241,529 theaters
$6.5M($6.9M today)
2021150 theaters
$166K($203K today)
Total re-release
$18.2M

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • DVD Widescreen Edition· 171 min
  • Blu Ray Extended Edition· 228 min
  • Special DVD Extended Edition· 208 min

Also known as

  • Der Herr der Ringe 1 - Die Gefährtende
  • Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährtende
  • Die Gefährtende
  • El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anilloes
  • Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneaufr
  • Il Signore degli Anelli - La Compagnia dell'Anelloit
  • (Alternative Title)Kryezoti i Unazave: Besëlidhja e Unazës
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United KingdomDec 10, 2001
  • United StatesDec 13, 2001
  • AustriaDec 19, 2001
  • BelgiumDec 19, 2001

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