Whereas Lord of the Rings followers are ready for the subsequent installment within the franchise — the Andy Serkis-directed The Hunt for Gollum in December 2027 — they returned to cinemas this weekend to see Peter Jackson’s twenty fifth anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) in addition to its two sequels, The Two Towers from 2002 and Return of the King from 2003.
Mixed, the whole re-issue of the New Line trilogy through Fathom Occasions did $9 million on the home field workplace this body, with one other $1.5M from offshore markets for a mixed world weekend of $10.5M.
Damaged out, Fellowship of the Rings did $3.85M over 4 days, whereas Two Towers did $2.64M (it started showtimes Saturday) and Return of the King made $2.5M since Sunday.
Initially solely booked for 2 weekends — January 16-18 and January 23-25 — every title was to play on a specific day, e.g., The Fellowship of the Ring on Friday, The Two Towers on Saturday, and The Return of the King on Sunday. However by fan demand, film chains added further days, areas and marathons.
In honor of the twenty fifth anniversary of the theatrical launch, Jackson recorded never-before-seen intros for every title within the trilogy. AMC, Regal and choose circuits had been promoting restricted popcorn-branded popcorn buckets to have fun live-action display screen takes of the J.R.R. Tolkien novels.
Fathom and Warner Bros’ New Line beforehand teamed in 2024 on a theatrical rerelease of the trilogy and grossed $8.2M on the home field workplace over three weekends.
The multi-Oscar-winning crew behind the blockbuster The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies — Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens — is reuniting to provide two new movies from Tolkien’s Center-earth for Warner Bros and New Line Cinema. Zane Weiner can also be producing.
The lifetime cume for the whole Lord of the Rings and Hobbit live-action films via six titles counts north of $5.9 billion on the world field workplace.
Walsh and Boyens are writing the screenplay for Hunt for Gollum, together with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou. Ian McKellen introduced he was coming again as Gandalf, Serkis (natch) as Gollum, and Elijah Wooden as Frodo.
Blurb for Hunt for Gollum: The pic explores Aragorn’s adventures as a ranger, particularly his quest to seize Gollum between The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring, monitoring him to maintain the Ring’s location from Sauron.
Cameras are anticipated to roll in Could. The Hunt for Gollum opens on December 17, 2027.