| Movie Summary | 
Return of the King | 
The Matrix Revolutions | 
Two Towers | 
The Matrix Reloaded |
| Genre | Fantasy | Sci-Fi Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi Action |
| Studio | New Line | Warner Bros. | New Line | Warner Bros. |
| Release Date | December 17, 2003 | November 5, 2003 | December 18, 2002 | May 15, 2003 |
| Domestic Gross | $377,027,325 | $139,313,948 | $339,789,881 | $281,576,461 |
| Production Budget | $94 million | $150 million | $94 million | $150 million |
| Running Time | 3 hrs. 20 min. | 2 hrs. 15 min. | 2 hrs. 59 min. | 2 hrs. 18 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 | R | PG-13 | R |
| MPAA Reason | for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images | for sci-fi violence and brief sexual content | epic battle sequences and scary images | sci-fi violence and some sexuality |
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| Domestic Summary | Return of the King | The Matrix Revolutions | Two Towers | The Matrix Reloaded |
| Total Gross | $377,027,325 | $139,313,948 | $339,789,881 | $281,576,461 |
| Opening Weekend* | $72,629,713 | $48,475,154 | $62,007,528 | $91,774,413 |
| Theaters | 3,703 | 3,502 | 3,622 | 3,603 |
| Average | $19,613 | $13,842 | $17,119 | $25,471 |
| Opening % of Total | 19.3% | 34.8% | 18.2% | 32.6% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -30.3% | -66.1% | -21.2% | -59.8% |
| Widest Release | 3,703 | 3,502 | 3,622 | 3,603 |
| Close Date | June 3, 2004 | March 4, 2004 | August 24, 2003 | November 13, 2003 |
| In Release | 170 days / 24 weeks | n/a | 250 days / 36 weeks | 183 days / 26 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. |
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| Worldwide Summary | Return of the King | The Matrix Revolutions | Two Towers | The Matrix Reloaded |
| Worldwide Gross | $1,119,110,941 | $427,343,298 | $923,285,627 | $742,128,461 |
| Foreign Gross | $742,083,616 | $288,029,350 | $583,495,746 | $460,552,000 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 66.3% | 67.4% | 63.2% | 62.1% |
| Domestic Gross | $377,027,325 | $139,313,948 | $339,789,881 | $281,576,461 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 33.7% | 32.6% | 36.8% | 37.9% |
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| People Summary | Return of the King | The Matrix Revolutions | Two Towers | The Matrix Reloaded |
| Actor: Carrie-Anne Moss | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Actor: Cate Blanchett | #1 | - | n/a | - |
| Actor: Elijah Wood | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Ian McKellen | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Jada Pinkett-Smith | - | #5 | - | #1 |
| Actor: Karl Urban | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Keanu Reeves | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Actor: Laurence Fishburne | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Actor: Liv Tyler | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Actor: Monica Bellucci | - | n/a | - | #2 |
| Actor: Orlando Bloom | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Actor: Viggo Mortensen | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Cinematographer: Andrew Lesnie | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Cinematographer: Bill Pope | - | #5 | - | #3 |
| Composer: Howard Shore | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Director: Andy & Lana Wachowski | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Director: Peter Jackson | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: Fran Walsh | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Producer: Joel Silver | - | #7 | - | #1 |
| Producer: Peter Jackson | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Writer: Andy & Lana Wachowski | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Writer: Philippa Boyens | #1 | - | #2 | - |
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| Genres & Franchises | Return of the King | The Matrix Revolutions | Two Towers | The Matrix Reloaded |
| Franchise: The Lord of the Rings | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Franchise: The Matrix | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Genre: Action - Wire-Fu | - | #4 | - | #1 |
| Genre: Fantasy - Live Action | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Genre: IMAX (Feature-length) | - | #52 | - | #24 |
| Genre: Man vs. Machine | - | #7 | - | #1 |
| Genre: Sword and Sorcery | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Genre: Virtual Reality | - | #4 | - | #1 |
| Showdown: 'Matrix' Vs. 'Inception' Vs. 'Prometheus' | - | #4 | - | #2 |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings Showdown | #1 | - | #2 | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars | #2 | - | #3 | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. The Matrix | #1 | #4 | #2 | #3 |
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| Chart Rankings | Return of the King | The Matrix Revolutions | Two Towers | The Matrix Reloaded |
| All Time Domestic | #20 | #283 | #25 | #57 |
| All Time Adjusted | #52 | - | #62 | #109 |
| All Time Worldwide | #6 | #151 | #24 | #50 |
| Yearly 2003 | #1 | #9 | - | #4 |
| Yearly Opening Weekends 2003 | #3 | #8 | - | #1 |
| Yearly R Rated 2003 | - | #3 | - | #1 |
| Worldwide Openings | #16 | #30 | #34 | #46 |
| Worldwide Yearly 2003 | #1 | #8 | - | #3 |
| Foreign Opening Weekends | #22 | #23 | #32 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | #13 | #33 | #20 | #6 |
| Opening Weeks | #33 | #176 | #41 | #32 |
| Opening Day Gross | #35 | #69 | #58 | #29 |
| Opening Wednesdays | #7 | #11 | #10 | - |
| Single Day Gross | #72 | #209 | #162 | #55 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross | #23 | #51 | #33 | #5 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #10 | #45 | #14 | - |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | #15 | - | #56 | - |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #85 | #179 | #129 | #33 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | #32 | - | #33 | #71 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #56 | #147 | #97 | #27 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #43 | - | #66 | #27 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #16 | #57 | #20 | #2 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #20 | - | #64 | - |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #7 | #12 | #11 | - |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | #13 | - | #34 | #33 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #67 | - | #102 | #30 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #63 | #178 | #96 | #30 |
| New Years Days | #5 | - | #9 | - |
| Christmas Days | #8 | - | #12 | - |
| Sunday Share of Opening Weekends | #149 | - | #136 | - |
| Opening Weekends | #50 | #145 | #86 | #28 |
| Opening Weekends - December | #4 | - | #7 | - |
| Opening Weekends - Holiday | #12 | #29 | #21 | - |
| Eleventh Weekends | #68 | - | #107 | - |
| Ninth Weekends | #50 | - | #90 | - |
| Tenth Weekends | #66 | - | #129 | - |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #28 | - | #39 | #32 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #50 | #123 | #90 | #23 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #34 | #84 | #58 | #21 |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #31 | #74 | #42 | #24 |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #27 | #79 | #40 | #25 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #31 | - | #40 | #30 |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #31 | - | #40 | #32 |
| Twelfth Weekends | #47 | - | #110 | - |
| Twelfth Weekends | #31 | - | #118 | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #33 | #70 | #44 | #24 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday | #9 | #18 | #12 | - |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #34 | - | #77 | - |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #26 | - | #63 | - |
| Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends | #58 | - | #57 | - |
| Second Weekends | #22 | - | #25 | #57 |
| Biggest 2nd Weekend Drops | - | #153 | - | #392 |
| Third Weekends | #25 | - | #37 | #155 |
| Fourth Weekends | #67 | - | #55 | - |
| Fifth Weekends | #58 | - | #57 | - |
| Sixth Weekends | #96 | - | #105 | - |
| Seventh Weekends | #90 | - | #104 | - |
| Eighth Weekends | #81 | - | #124 | - |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | #75 | #609 | #40 | #546 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #174 | #1231 | #81 | #1123 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #286 | #1787 | #135 | #1639 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #1002 | #3682 | #588 | #3439 |
| Rated PG-13 | #13 | - | #17 | - |
| Rated R | - | #39 | - | #2 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | #37 | - | #59 | - |
| Rated R, Opening Weekends | - | #14 | - | #1 |
| Widest Releases | #121 | #227 | #161 | #173 |
| Widest Opening Releases | #110 | #212 | #143 | #156 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | #59 | - | #77 | - |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | #64 | - | #88 | - |
| Widest R Rated Openings | - | #8 | - | #3 |
| Widest R Rated Releases | - | #9 | - | #3 |
| Fastest to $100 million | #36 | #121 | #45 | #22 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #28 | - | #40 | #24 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #29 | - | #35 | #30 |
| Fastest to $250 million | #17 | - | #25 | #37 |
| Fastest to $300 million | #17 | - | #22 | - |
| Slowest to $100 million | #472 | #387 | #463 | #486 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #96 | - | #90 | #95 |
| Best Picture Nomination Effect | #127 | - | #138 | - |
| BOM Users' Grades | #6 | #581 | #14 | #440 |
| BOM Users' Grades (2003 Releases) | #1 | #98 | - | #58 |
| Yearly (Wide) 2003 | #1 | #10 | - | #4 |
| Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 2003 | #3 | #8 | - | #1 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | #11 | #30 | #17 | #3 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #28 | #173 | #33 | #27 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | #18 | #40 | #26 | #3 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #8 | #39 | #12 | - |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #8 | - | #39 | #71 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #52 | - | #10 | #83 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #67 | #148 | #90 | #24 |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #28 | - | #22 | #65 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #42 | #125 | #72 | #16 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #29 | - | #50 | #17 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #13 | #47 | #17 | #2 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #12 | - | #47 | #80 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #6 | #12 | #9 | #132 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #93 | - | #123 | #33 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #80 | - | #104 | #32 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - December | #1 | - | #3 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #40 | #130 | #63 | #23 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Holiday | #8 | #30 | #14 | - |
| Eleventh Weekends Adjusted | #108 | - | #153 | - |
| Ninth Weekends Adjusted | #86 | - | #141 | - |
| Tenth Weekends Adjusted | #109 | - | #182 | - |
| Twelfth Weekends Adjusted | #52 | - | #156 | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted | #7 | #20 | #13 | - |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #18 | - | #16 | #49 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #24 | - | #35 | #186 |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | #95 | - | #76 | - |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | #100 | - | #94 | - |
| Sixth Weekends Adjusted | #151 | - | #149 | - |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | #162 | - | #169 | - |
| Eighth Weekends Adjusted | #131 | - | #188 | - |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | #11 | - | #14 | - |
| Rated R Adjusted | - | #89 | - | #11 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | #29 | - | #48 | - |
| Rated R, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | #9 | - | #1 |
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