Brandon Gray from boxofficemojo.com writes: ‘Return of the King’ has eclipsed ‘Jurassic Park’ to become the 6th highest grossing movie ever domestically. ‘ROTK’ achived the milestone on Monday, climbing to $357.4 million versus ‘Jurassic Park’s $357.1 million. However, this could be the highest ‘ROTK’ will chart domestically — #5 ‘Spider-Man’s $403.7 million should prove insurmountable for ‘ROTK.’ When factoring in overseas grosses, though, it’s a different story as ‘ROTK’ will ultimately be #2 on that front. [More]
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What is better than a snow-made Isengard on your front lawn? A Helms Deep in your garage! [More]
There’s a ring to his voice, but that’s what you’d expect from The Voice of The Ring. Alan Howard has had a distinguished career onstage for 45 years, but the most successful project he’s ever been connected with is his involvement with The Lord Of The Rings, in which he is heard, but never seen. Director Peter Jackson tapped Howard to play the all-important Voice Of The Ring in the incredibly popular trilogy, but he’s still not sure exactly how it happened. [More]
Tracey sends along this link to a LOTR-themed ringtone. Take a look! [More]
Sean Astin is going to be on the PBS talk show “Tavis Smiley” today. [More]
Tonia writes: Concerning this article about a 2005 DVD Box Set, last month I went to a bookshop meeting with Jude Fischer and Brian Sibley here in London. One of the things that Brian said was that New Line will really release a trilogy box set next year and — more important — with a bonus disc containing many deleted scenes that didn’t make even the extended editions.