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FOTR Dominates the Box Office over Opening Weekend
For immediate release
December 24, 2001
THE LORD OF THE
RINGS:
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Dominates the Box
Office over
Opening Weekend
Ticket sales reached
an all time high on the weekend before Christmas with “THE
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING” opening to
the No. 1 movie and breaking all previous opening weekend
records by taking over $2million in 4 days!!
This enormous opening breaks the previous all time opening weekend record, held by Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, which took $1.5 million in its opening weekend.
Roadshow Film Distributors General Manager, Lisa Hubbard said “The interest and fervour to see THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING is incredible.”
The first instalment of Peter Jackson’s eagerly anticipated THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING” released throughout New Zealand on Thursday 20 December.
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