New Line Cinema has reported an estimated opening day gross of $18.2M for its fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings which bowed on Wednesday, December 19th, after months of hype. Playing in 3,359 theaters with over 5,700 total screens, the Peter Jackson-directed adventure generated the third-largest Wednesday opening in history after 1999’s Star Wars Episode I ($28.5M from 2,970 theaters) and last summer’s Jurassic Park 3 ($19M from 3,434). [More]
$18 200 000 On December 19th Alone
December 20th, 2001 by xoanon
