Original US release date: December 14, 1979 Production budget: $35,000,000 Worldwide gross: $92,455,742 In 1979, Steven Spielberg was already riding high. His two previous efforts in the director's chair, Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, were massive hits, with Jaws being the highest-grossing film of all-time up to that point and the first... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 17, 2003 Production budget: $94,000,000 Worldwide gross: $1,119,929,521 Might as well do this, right? I did a #ThrowbackThursday on The Fellowship of the Ring here and I did one on The Two Towers here, so let's finish off the trilogy with The Return of the King! As before, I'm looking at... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 18, 2002 Production budget: $94,000,000 Worldwide gross: $926,047,111 My #ThrowbackThursday journey to Mount Doom continues with The Two Towers. I did a #ThrowbackThursday column on The Fellowship of the Ring, a while back (right here, if you missed it) and now it's time to take a look at the next chapter. ... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 19, 2001 Production budget: $93,000,000 Worldwide gross: $871,530,324 We are creeping up on the fifteenth anniversary of the first installment in Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring. It's hard to believe that it's been that long since Frodo stood tall and set out... Continue Reading →
