The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Released Date
December 17, 2003
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Genre
Fantasy
Rating
PG-13
Budget
$94,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$377,845,905 + $768,185,007 = $1,146,030,912
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Orlando Bloom

as Legolas

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Elijah Wood

as Frodo

54
Cate Blanchett

as Galadriel

53
Sean Astin

as Sam

84
Ian McKellen

as Gandalf

46
Liv Tyler

as Arwen

65
Viggo Mortensen

as Aragorn

60
Andy Serkis

as Gollum / Smeagol

47
Dominic Monaghan

as Merry

56
Miranda Otto

as Eowyn

64
Hugo Weaving

as Elrond

51
Karl Urban

as Eomer

55
Billy Boyd

as Pippin

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Ian Holm

as Bilbo

75
John Noble

as Denethor

79
John Rhys-Davies

as Gimli

79
Bernard Hill

as Theoden

58
David Wenham

as Faramir

57
Marton Csokas

as Celeborn

56
Lawrence Makoare

as Witchking / Gothmog

47
Sala Baker

as Featured Orc

About The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

About

The third film in the celebrated Lord of the Rings franchise, it follows hobbits Frodo and Sam as they arrive at Mount Doom. The film won 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture. 

Trivia

The highest grossing film of 2003, the film earned around $1.1 billion worldwide. It was the final film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy but in 2012, the first film in the Hobbit film prequel trilogy was released in theaters.