The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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| Directed by | Peter Jackson |
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The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien |
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| Music by | Howard Shore |
| Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie |
| Edited by | Jamie Selkirk |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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200 minutes (Theatrical) 251 minutes (Extended) |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $94 million |
| Box office | $1.120 billion |
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| 1. Best Picture | |
| 2. Best Director | |
| 3. Best Adapted Screenplay | |
| 4. Best Original Score | |
| 5. Best Original Song | |
| 6. Best Visual Effects | |
| 7. Best Art Direction | |
| 8. Best Costume Design | |
| 9. Best Make-up | |
| 10. Best Sound Mixing | |
| 11. Best Film Editing | |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic high fantasy adventure film produced, written and directed by Peter Jackson based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It is the third and final installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, following The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Two Towers (2002), preceding The Hobbit trilogy (2012–14).
Released on 17 December 2003, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received rave reviews and universal acclaim, and became one of the greatest critical and box-office successes of all time. It was the second film to gross $1 billion worldwide ($1.12 billion), becoming the highest-grossing film released by New Line Cinema, as well as the biggest financial success for Time Warner in general, until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($1.31 billion) surpassed The Return of the King's final gross in 2011. The film was the highest-grossing film of 2003 and, by the end of its theatrical run, the second highest-grossing film in history. As of January 2017, it is the fourteenth highest-grossing film of all time.
At the 76th Academy Awards, it won all 11 Academy Awards for which it was nominated, therefore holding the record for highest Oscar sweep. The wins included the awards for Best Picture, the first and only time a fantasy film has done so; it was also the second sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar (following The Godfather Part II) and Best Director. The film jointly holds the record for the largest number of Academy Awards won with Ben-Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997). The film has been re-released twice, in 2011 and 2017.
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