dapascha writes:
Here’s a translation of a Dutch press release by the distributor of LotR here, A-Film, about new records being set here in the Netherlands:
Amsterdam, december 19th 2002
Lord of the Rings opens with record numbers
On Wednesday december 18th The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers opened with a record number of visitors. Over 50.000 people went to see the film on the first day and caused a record box-office opening of over 350,000 Euro. With this amount the second part of the Lord of the Rings breaks the record previously set by Spider-Man that held an opening day box-office of 259,295 Euro.
Many theaters decided to re-release the Fellowship of the Ring on the day before the premiere of the Two Towers, which caused the unique situation where two parts of one trilogy are in the Box-Office Top 10 at the same time. The Two Towers, based on Tolkiens famous novel, plays at 148 screens in the Netherlands. The third part, The Return of the King is expected in theaters in december 2003.
Other top-films:
Harry Potter, part 1 – 259,271 euro
Harry Potter, part 2 – 214,066 euro
Jurassic Park – 114,809 euro
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Andreas writes: According to Swedens number 1 newspaper TTT made about 9 million sek($1 million) on its opening day which is 38% more then FOTR., which makes it the highest grossing movie ever in Sweden beating last years record breaker FOTR which grossed 290 million kroner (29 million USD) on it’s release date.
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A gallery in Santa Monica, California is hosting a collection of the Brothers Hildebrandt, featuring Tolkien-inspired pictures. [More]
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Bill writes: Jim Rygiel and Randall Cook spoke at a session at the Australian Effects and Animation Festival at the beginning of this month. [More]
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A gallery in Santa Moncia, California, called “Every Picture Tells A Story… ” will be hosting a new major exhibit, “The Brothers Hildebrandt: Tolkien Art”…running January 18 through February 18. Over 30 Lord of the Rings paintings will be on display, as well as over 60 rarely seen sketches, studies and prints. Greg and Tim Hildebrandt will be appearing in person on Saturday. January 18 from 2 to 4 PM at the gallery.
Every Picture Tells A Story, which showcases the original art and prints from illustrated books, is located at 1318 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. Phone is (310)451-2700 and online at Everypicture.com
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Look out for two quick appearances by Peter Jackson in TTT. One is amongst the crowd of wild men, as they run towards the camera after Saruman’s pep talk; the other is on the wall of Helm’s Deep. Nikolaj writes: “As the Uruk-Hais are trying to batter down the gate to the castle, the defenders open some sort of shutters and hurl rocks at the attackers.PJ is one of the rock-hurlers. You see him briefly. He is carrying a piece chain armor not only covering the body but also with a kind of hood.” Others have reported this too, thank you all.
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