Ibernia Lady of Lorien sent in this story from the Seattle Times, which claims that Frodo is just one in a long line of orphan heroes that feature in fictional literature. [More]

Soco noticed that Fellowship of the Ring featured in the both ‘best of 2001’ lists by one of CNN‘s movie critics yesterday, described as a ‘cinematic marvel’ which is ‘destined to make film history’. [More]

Øystein writes: During the week of December 21-27, in Norway FOTR had more than twice as many visitors as all the other movies on the Top 20 list together. [More]

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The Lord of the Rings pulled in an estimated $12.109 million on Friday, down a scant 14.9% from the $14.233 million it earned last Friday.

Rings’ 10-day total stands at $129.276 million to rank #13 for the year so far. On the all time highest grosses list, it stands at #131.

The Friday gross suggests a five-day weekend of around $55 million, a record for the New Year’s frame. That would raise its two-week tally to a whopping $170 million plus. [More]