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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2026 · Peter Jackson · Barrie M. Osborne | Fran Walsh | Peter Jackson · 201 minutes

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It is based on 1955's The Return of the King, the third volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the film is the final instalment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It has an ensemble cast including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble, Andy Serkis, Ian Holm, and Sean Bean. Continuing the plot of the previous film, Frodo and Sam follow Gollum towards Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of Gollum's intentions to betray the duo to take the Ring for himself, while Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and their allies join forces against Sauron and his legions from Mordor.

Adventure Drama Fantasy War

Cast Salaries

Cast Year Salary Inflation adjusted salary Notes
Elijah Wood Ian Mc
2026 $1,500,000 N/A (est)
Kellen Liv Tyler Viggo 2026 $750,000 N/A (est)
Mortensen Sean Astin Cate 2026 $400,000 N/A (est)
Blanchett John Rhys- 2026 $250,000 N/A (est)
Davies Bernard Hill Billy 2026 $1,410,000 N/A (est)
Boyd Dominic Monaghan Orlando 2026 $705,000 N/A (est)
Bloom Hugo Weaving Miranda 2026 $705,000 N/A (est)
Otto David Wenham Karl 2026 $705,000 N/A (est)
Urban John Noble Andy 2026 $705,000 N/A (est)
Serkis Ian Holm 2026 $705,000 N/A (est)

Box Office Reported grosses are direct imports. Inflation-adjusted values use imported adjusted totals when available, otherwise they use the yearly U.S. CPI table you maintain in WordPress.

Inflation-adjusted values are shown in 2025 dollars when CPI data is available.

Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Domestic Domestic theatrical box office gross. 2026 $3,971,340 N/A
International International theatrical box office gross. 2026 $4,748,108 N/A
Worldwide Combined worldwide theatrical box office gross. 2026 $8,741,926 N/A

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated revenues and expenses for films based on currently imported reported and estimated fields. Inflation-adjusted values use the CPI table when direct adjusted values are not present in the export.

Category Year Reported Inflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue Estimated distributor theatrical revenue using the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2026 $3,884,913 (est) N/A (est)
Digital Rentals Estimated digital rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2026 $498,169 N/A
Digital Purchases Estimated digital purchase revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2026 $557,914 N/A
Physical Rentals Estimated physical rental revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2026 $1,986 N/A
Physical Purchases Physical Purchases: DVD $43,514, BluRay $60,091 2026 $103,605 N/A
TV & Streaming Revenue Estimated ancillary TV and streaming revenue from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2026 $661,891 (est) N/A (est)
Total Revenues Total of the revenue streams currently available or derived in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2026 $5,708,478 N/A
Expenses
Budget Production budget. sourceSource: Wikipedia infoboxURL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings%3A_The_Return_of_the_King$94 million 2026 $94,000,000 N/A
Print & Advertising (P&A) P&A estimated from peer comps using release year, budget, genre, and theatrical performance. sourceSource: ScreenProfits comp P&A estimateEstimated from 12 peer comps using budget + domestic + worldwide. Peers: The Book of Clarence | White Bird | The Smashing Machine | The Crow | Eden 2026 $31,945,835 (est) N/A (est)
Participations Talent and producer participation payouts. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2026 $0 (est) N/A (est)
Residuals Residual and related distribution expense line. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2026 $70,214 (est) N/A (est)
Interest & Overhead Interest and overhead allocation. Parsed from source context when available, otherwise estimated from the year-based ScreenProfits finance model. 2026 $11,280,000 (est) N/A (est)
Total Expenses Total of budget, P&A, participations, residuals, and interest/overhead in this ScreenProfits profitability view. 2026 $137,296,049 N/A
Movie Net Profit or Loss Estimated movie net profit/loss from the current ScreenProfits revenue and expense model. 2026 $-131,587,571 $0

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