Brandon Gray from boxofficemojo.com writes: Amidst the hullabaloo of the Oscar noms and Golden Globes, ‘ROTK’ accomplished something greater than the promise of Oscar gold — it topped ‘Finding Nemo’ to become the No. 1 movie from 2003 worldwide. ‘ROTK’s global take climbed to $876.5 million, leaping ahead of ‘Nemo’s $844.3 million. On the All Time chart, ‘ROTK’ jumped to No. 6, topping ‘Fellowship of the Ring’s $869.8 million and ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ $869.4 million. In about two weeks’ time, ‘ROTK’ should top ‘Two Towers’ $924.8 million to be the No. 1 movie of the ‘LOTR’ franchise. ‘ROTK’ won’t even open in Japan until Feb. 14. Japan will be the key to whether ‘ROTK’ can top $1 billion worldwide (and in turn the No. 2 movie of all time behind ‘Titanic’s $1.8 billion). [More]
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After three straight Academy Award nominations, Barrie M. Osborne is glad he gave up on renting tuxedos. “I decided the first year it might be wise to buy a tux,” says the 1966 Carleton College graduate. A nominee for producing each previous movie in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, he anticipated Tuesday’s news about being nominated yet again for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” his own favorite of the three. [More]
Greetings, Quickbeam here. We proudly present a remarkable new review of ROTK from the pages of Ostadan’s “Lore & Letters.” Using the very same logic Professor Tolkien presented in his essay ‘On Fairy Stories’ in 1947, Ostadan appreciates Jackson’s trilogy by entering the “Secondary World” on the silver screen. Join us at GREEN BOOKS as we explore the WORDS and WORLDS of Tolkien.
P.J. Durgin-Bruce was kind enough to send us gorgeous pictures of two hobbits, Gollum and Theoden King from the January 10th event at Lincoln Center. [More] TORn Staffer Luthien’s original report can be found [Here]
From IMDB: Former Eurythmics star Annie Lennox will only perform her Oscar- nominated song at this year’s ceremony – if her family don’t need her at home. The Scottish singer – whose track Into The West from The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is up for the Best Song gong at next month’s Academy Awards – has two daughters Lola and Tali with ex- husband Uri Fruchtman, and puts them before anything else, even the most exciting night of the showbiz calendar. She says, “I will if I can, it depends on what’s happening with my daughter. It looks like fun, yes? But I’ll definitely be at the Grammys!”
Some years you can’t predict the Oscars, but other years, oh boy, it’s a lead-pipe cinch. For “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” 2004 will be much like 1998 was for “Titanic.” It’s a done deal. The third chapter of Peter Jackson’s astonishing trilogy got 11 nominations this morning. On February 29, it will take home most of those statues. [More]