Brandon Gray
Boxofficemojo.com
“The Lord of the Rings” moved up one rung to No. 7 over the February 1-3 weekend, dipping just 16 percent to an estimated $6.575 million. The total after 47 days stands at $267.145 million, putting it right on the heels of “Shrek’s” $267.665 million to become the second-highest grossing picture from 2001. On the all time chart, “Rings” now ranks No. 15 and No. 82 when ticket-price inflation is taken into consideration.
The strong hold and the likely Oscar nods bode well for “Rings'” chances of crossing the $300 million mark, but at its current pace, it’ll be a squeaker. Still, it has already become one of the few movies to turn a profit from its domestic theatrical release alone. The movie cost a reported $93 million to make and $50 million for prints and advertising. Studios on average get around 55 percent of the gross returned to them, meaning at $267 million, New Line Cinema is easily in the black now. And that’s not including the nearly $400 million the picture has earned overseas.
For the Top 15 estimates and more detailed stats such as theater counts, est. costs and much more, go to:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2002/05.htm
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Check out this interview with Karl Urban (Eomer) on LOTR!
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The following is from the January 18-24 2002 issue of Screen International magazine (from an article on DVD Special Features):
This August, New Line will release one of the most anticipated DVDs of the year: Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring.
The DVD will come with an array of extras; the full theatrical version, an extended version that runs 35-40 minutes longer and possibly a ‘making of’ documentary.
In fact, the DVD and its extra features were a key concern during the shoot – Jackson says he had a dedicated video diarist on set for nearly all 274 days of principal photography in anticipation of the extra DVD materials.
Jackson told Screen International that he values the format for its ability to showcase different versions of the film and show behind-the-scenes material. “It breaks the film-making process open,” he argues. For that reason he instructed the production’s video diarist to capture everything. “I wanted a warts-and-all approach.”
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From: Ringfan
The Lord of the Rings:The fellowship of the Ring.will be on television any day,and it’s already out on video-that’s if your in the Cook Islands,where the film is available on pirated video before the movie has made it to the local cinema.
That thriving business in pirated videos and dvds in the south pacific means about 600 inhabitants of Atiu,a volcanic island half the size of rarotonga,will soon geta lounge-roomshowing of the first film in Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy.
Former policeman Piho Rua,owner of four video rental shops in Rarotonga,is reportedly considering selling copies of The Fellowship of the Ring to Atiu Television and two other television stations on the outer islands. He already rents out LOTR videos for $5 a night.Locals says he owns 100 pirate copies of the film which is in constant rotation.Roadshow Films,the New Zealand distributors of LOTR,are considering taking legal action but said it was too early to comment further.
Because of antiquated copyright Laws in the Cook Islands,pirating videos is not illegal,Before films even make it to the cinema they are usually available on video and often shown by the islands nation’s six television stations,some of which are nothing more than a basic monitor,transmitter and antenna serving as few as 200 people.
The herald was unable to contact Mr Rua but he told the Cook Islands Herald he was not the only businessman making money from pirated films,just the only one who admitted to it.Cook Islands Copyright Commitee chairman Geoffry Bergin,who leads a lonely campaign to protect intellectual property,described the 1962 Copyright Act as a” toothless tiger”because it did not safegaurd new technologies,such as DVD’s,CD’s and videos.
A new act was drafted five years ago but has yet to be made law. New Zealand Motion Picture Association spokesman Kevin Holland said if the Cook Islands Government passed legislation in line with copyright laws in New Zealand and Australia,they would provide support for the local police and customs officials.But untill they that happens their is little that can be done to punish those who make use of the loophole ,especially for Cook Islanders,who rely on pirated films and television shows for much of their entertainment,do not complain.
Years of watching incomplete films with barely audible dialogue-often recorded off cinema screens with handy cams-has taught residents not to expect too much.Cook Island Television owner George Pitt,who does not air films untill the cinema and video shops have had a crack at them,says their is no political will to clamp down on dodgy DVD screenings of Hollywood’s latest offerings because voters like watching TV.”What else is their to do on the outer islands?”.
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From muffinman:
As reported today, Sunday the 3rd, in La Nacion news paper, FOTR has rocked this country. Here’s a little traslation of the small article (which has a pic of Saruman on the top of it by the way):
Record for The Lord of the Rings
In its opening day, Thursday, the movie “The Lord of the Rings” was seen by 66,792 spectators, a record in Argentina. Until now the films with the best Thursday initiations have been “Titanic” (64,483 people) and “Star Wars: Episode 1” (59,780). In only two days, in the pre-showing of Wednesday and the [official] opening of last Thursday the cinematomic version of the famous novel of J.R.R. Tolkien totalled 151,246 sold tickets in the country, a mark that many titles, however sucessful, go to great difficulties* [to achieve] in the course of one week.
So there’s my little traslation. What “great difficulties” (duras penas) is literally translated is “hard pains”. 😀 People have waited long enough for LOTR here, with me included, and can finally enjoy Legolas’ double arrow shot into the Cave Troll. Sweet….
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