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Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Numbers Rating: 8.30 (874 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $341,784,377
International Gross $584,500,000
Worldwide Gross $926,284,377
Released December 18, 2002
December 12, 2003 (re-release) (limited)
Production Budget $94,000,000
Prints and Advertising Budget $50,000,000
MPAA Rating PG-13 for epic battle sequences and scary images
Running Time:179 minutes
Highest Combined Star Gross17 (see full chart)
Alternative TitleLord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The
Franchises Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings
Keywords Lord of the Rings, Visual Effects
Distributed by New Line
Original Story by J.R.R. Tolkien
Music Composed By Howard Shore
Source Based on Book/Short Story
Major Genre Adventure
Country New Zealand, United States, Germany
Production Method Animation/Live Action
Creative Type Fantasy
Director Peter Jackson

Comparative Performance

The Numbers is tracking The Two Tower' day-by-day performance against other blockbuster releases, including Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and last year's release Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.


See the detailed chart

A note on cast information: Although Sean Bean appears in the extended version of The Two Towers, which made a brief appearance in theaters in December, 2003, he does not appear in the original version of the movie released in theaters. Since the extended edition was in theaters for such a short period of time, we have not credited Sean for his role.

Cast

Elijah Wood    Frodo Baggins
Viggo Mortensen    Aragorn/Strider
Sean Astin    Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee
Dominic Monaghan    Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck
Billy Boyd    Peregrin 'Pippin' Took
Ian McKellen    Gandalf the White
John Rhys-Davies    Gimli/Treebeard
Orlando Bloom    Legolas Greenleaf
Liv Tyler    Arwen Evenstar
Cate Blanchett    Galadriel
David Wenham    Faramir
John Noble    Denethor
Brad Dourif    Grima Wormtongue
Bernard Hill    King Theoden
Christopher Lee    Saruman the White
Miranda Otto    Eowyn
Andy Serkis    Gollum
Karl Urban    Eomer
Hugo Weaving    Elrond
John Bach    Madril

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
12/20/2002 1 $62,007,528   3,622 $17,120 $102,046,212 5
12/27/2002 1 $48,875,549 -21.18% 3,622 $13,494 $200,058,231 12
1/3/2003 1 $25,017,279 -48.81% 3,622 $6,907 $261,031,601 19
1/10/2003 2 $14,755,306 -41.02% 3,477 $4,244 $283,421,517 26
1/17/2003 5 $10,274,388 -30.37% 3,110 $3,304 $300,122,052 33
1/24/2003 5 $6,611,705 -35.65% 2,666 $2,480 $308,821,306 40
1/31/2003 7 $5,088,421 -23.04% 2,175 $2,340 $316,026,494 47
2/7/2003 10 $3,516,739 -30.89% 1,680 $2,093 $320,857,049 54
2/14/2003 12 $3,072,238 -12.64% 1,422 $2,161 $325,446,438 61
2/21/2003 14 $1,925,167 -37.34% 925 $2,081 $328,156,417 68
2/28/2003 15 $1,618,139 -15.95% 905 $1,788 $330,338,275 75
3/7/2003 16 $1,227,603 -24.13% 703 $1,746 $332,075,527 82
3/14/2003 16 $1,014,613 -17.35% 612 $1,658 $333,623,857 89
3/21/2003 20 $768,554 -24.25% 518 $1,484 $334,790,872 96
3/28/2003 19 $623,597 -18.86% 425 $1,467 $335,800,124 103
4/4/2003 21 $479,627 -23.09% 345 $1,390 $336,500,653 110
4/11/2003 25 $340,197 -29.07% 332 $1,025 $337,013,432 117
4/18/2003 25 $351,838 +3.42% 324 $1,086 $337,526,600 124
4/25/2003 28 $247,078 -29.78% 269 $919 $337,949,941 131
5/2/2003 32 $186,420 -24.55% 225 $829 $338,230,249 138
5/9/2003 32 $151,733 -18.61% 190 $799 $338,457,054 145
5/16/2003 33 $101,515 -33.10% 163 $623 $338,622,570 152
5/23/2003 33 $116,483 +14.74% 135 $863 $338,794,804 159
5/30/2003 32 $89,444 -23.21% 111 $806 $338,955,859 166
6/6/2003 34 $82,136 -8.17% 115 $714 $339,104,919 173
6/13/2003 38 $74,391 -9.43% 103 $722 $339,230,928 180
6/20/2003 39 $59,606 -19.87% 101 $590 $339,344,075 187
6/27/2003 37 $73,395 +23.13% 86 $853 $339,457,993 194
7/4/2003 45 $50,890 -30.66% 79 $644 $339,554,276 201
7/11/2003 47 $35,424 -30.39% 71 $499 $339,628,782 208
7/18/2003 52 $29,000 -18.13% 57 $509 $339,687,608 215
7/25/2003 59 $22,680 -21.79% 32 $709 $339,734,454 222
8/8/2003 88 $7,792   13 $599 $339,772,508 236
8/15/2003 92 $5,105 -34.48% 10 $511 $339,781,747 243
8/22/2003 95 $4,700 -7.93% 8 $588 $339,787,500 250
12/12/2003 15 $727,645   126 $5,775 $340,515,145 362

Daily Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
12/18/2002 1 $26,159,972   3,622 $7,223 $26,159,972 1
12/19/2002 1 $13,878,712 -46.95% 3,622 $3,832 $40,038,684 2
12/20/2002 1 $19,224,340 +38.52% 3,622 $5,308 $59,263,024 3
12/21/2002 1 $22,752,057 +18.35% 3,622 $6,282 $82,015,081 4
12/22/2002 1 $20,031,131 -11.96% 3,622 $5,530 $102,046,212 5
12/23/2002 1 $13,509,942 -32.56% 3,622 $3,730 $115,556,154 6
12/24/2002 1 $7,790,050 -42.34% 3,622 $2,151 $123,346,204 7
12/25/2002 1 $12,381,307 +58.94% 3,622 $3,418 $135,727,511 8
12/26/2002 1 $15,455,171 +24.83% 3,622 $4,267 $151,182,682 9
12/27/2002 1 $16,873,539 +9.18% 3,622 $4,659 $168,056,221 10
12/28/2002 1 $17,227,061 +2.10% 3,622 $4,756 $185,283,282 11
12/29/2002 1 $14,774,949 -14.23% 3,622 $4,079 $200,058,231 12
12/30/2002 1 $10,094,851 -31.68% 3,622 $2,787 $210,153,082 13
12/31/2002 1 $8,442,823 -16.37% 3,622 $2,331 $218,595,905 14
1/1/2003 1 $11,040,273 +30.77% 3,622 $3,048 $229,636,178 15
1/2/2003 1 $6,378,144 -42.23% 3,622 $1,761 $236,014,322 16
1/3/2003 1 $7,576,222 +18.78% 3,622 $2,092 $243,590,544 17
1/4/2003 1 $10,699,493 +41.22% 3,622 $2,954 $254,290,037 18
1/5/2003 1 $6,741,564 -36.99% 3,622 $1,861 $261,031,601 19
1/6/2003 1 $2,133,465 -68.35% 3,622 $589 $263,165,066 20
1/7/2003 1 $2,155,575 +1.04% 3,622 $595 $265,320,641 21
1/8/2003 2 $1,748,206 -18.90% 3,622 $483 $267,068,847 22
1/9/2003 2 $1,597,364 -8.63% 3,622 $441 $268,666,211 23
1/10/2003 3 $3,894,852 +143.83% 3,477 $1,120 $272,561,063 24
1/11/2003 2 $6,637,982 +70.43% 3,477 $1,909 $279,199,045 25
1/12/2003 1 $4,222,472 -36.39% 3,477 $1,214 $283,421,517 26
1/13/2003 1 $1,070,000 -74.66% 3,477 $308 $284,492,000 27
1/14/2003 2 $1,208,000 +12.90% 3,477 $347 $285,699,000 28
1/15/2003 2 $996,000 -17.55% 3,477 $286 $286,695,000 29
1/16/2003 2 $991,000 -0.50% 3,477 $285 $287,618,000 30
1/17/2003 5 $2,664,587 +168.88% 3,110 $857 $290,292,649 31
1/18/2003 5 $4,521,633 +69.69% 3,110 $1,454 $294,814,282 32
1/19/2003 4 $3,078,168 -31.92% 3,110 $990 $297,892,450 33
1/20/2003 3 $2,229,602 -27.57% 3,110 $717 $300,122,052 34
1/21/2003 2 $792,000 -64.48% 3,110 $255 $300,914,000 35
1/22/2003 3 $643,000 -18.81% 3,110 $207 $301,557,000 36
1/23/2003 3 $695,000 +8.09% 3,110 $223 $302,251,000 37
1/24/2003 8 $1,673,000 +140.72% 2,666 $628 $303,924,000 38
1/25/2003 6 $3,447,000 +106.04% 2,666 $1,293 $307,371,000 39
1/26/2003 4 $1,415,000 -58.95% 2,666 $531 $308,786,000 40
1/27/2003 4 $544,000 -61.55% 2,666 $204 $309,365,000 41
1/28/2003 3 $566,000 +4.04% 2,666 $212 $309,931,000 42
1/29/2003 4 $514,000 -9.19% 2,666 $193 $310,445,000 43
1/30/2003 4 $531,000 +3.31% 2,666 $199 $310,938,000 44
1/31/2003 8 $1,219,000 +129.57% 2,666 $457 $312,157,000 45
2/1/2003 8 $2,340,265 +91.98% 2,175 $1,076 $314,497,684 46
2/2/2003 6 $1,528,810 -34.67% 2,175 $703 $316,026,494 47
2/3/2003 5 $320,000 -79.07% 2,175 $147 $316,346,000 48
2/4/2003 6 $356,000 +11.25% 2,175 $164 $316,702,000 49
2/5/2003 6 $320,000 -10.11% 2,175 $147 $317,022,000 50
2/6/2003 6 $321,000 +0.31% 2,175 $148 $317,340,000 51
2/7/2003 10 $808,187 +151.77% 1,680 $481 $318,148,497 52
2/8/2003 10 $1,616,216 +99.98% 1,680 $962 $319,764,713 53
2/9/2003 8 $1,092,336 -32.41% 1,680 $650 $320,857,049 54
2/10/2003 9 $233,000 -78.67% 1,680 $139 $321,090,000 55
2/11/2003 8 $262,000 +12.45% 1,680 $156 $321,351,000 56
2/12/2003 9 $251,000 -4.20% 1,680 $149 $321,603,000 57
2/13/2003 9 $251,000   1,680 $149 $321,849,000 58
2/14/2003 11 $803,984 +220.31% 1,422 $565 $322,653,345 59
2/15/2003 11 $1,308,564 +62.76% 1,422 $920 $323,961,909 60
2/16/2003 10 $959,690 -26.66% 1,422 $675 $324,921,599 61
2/17/2003 9 $524,839 -45.31% 1,422 $369 $325,446,438 62
2/18/2003 10 $295,000 -43.79% 1,422 $207 $325,741,000 63
2/19/2003 10 $247,000 -16.27% 1,422 $174 $325,988,000 64
2/20/2003 10 $260,000 +5.26% 1,422 $183 $326,231,000 65
2/21/2003 12 $488,735 +87.98% 925 $528 $326,719,985 66
2/22/2003 12 $891,691 +82.45% 925 $964 $327,611,676 67
2/23/2003 12 $544,741 -38.91% 925 $589 $328,156,417 68
2/24/2003 11 $129,008 -76.32% 925 $139 $328,285,425 69
2/25/2003 11 $149,956 +16.24% 925 $162 $328,435,381 70
2/26/2003 11 $139,071 -7.26% 925 $150 $328,574,452 71
2/27/2003 11 $145,684 +4.76% 925 $157 $328,720,136 72
2/28/2003 11 $380,421 +161.13% 905 $420 $329,100,557 73
3/1/2003 11 $742,154 +95.09% 905 $820 $329,842,711 74
3/2/2003 11 $495,564 -33.23% 905 $548 $330,338,275 75
5/26/2003 -  $34,574   135 $256 $338,829,378 160

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