{"id":2234907,"date":"2026-01-14T19:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2234907"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:45:32","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-earns-5-million-in-box-office-presales-for-theatrical-re-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-earns-5-million-in-box-office-presales-for-theatrical-re-release\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019 Trilogy Earns $5 Million in Box Office Presales for Theatrical Re-Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Peter Jackson<\/a>\u2019s \u201cLord of the Rings<\/a>\u201d trilogy is returning to theaters for the 25th anniversary of \u201cThe Fellowship of the Ring<\/a>,\u201d and cinephiles seem eager to return to Middle-earth.<\/p>\n

Showtimes for the three films \u2014 \u201cFellowship of the Ring\u201d is set for Jan. 16, \u201cThe Two Towers<\/a>\u201d for Jan. 17 and \u201cThe Return of the King<\/a>\u201d for Jan. 18 \u2014 have generated $5 million in domestic presales, with roughly 407,000 tickets sold so far, according to Fathom Entertainment<\/a>. That\u2019s 65% ahead of the company\u2019s last \u201cLotr\u201d re-release in 2024, which had 246,000 tickets sold at the same point in its sales cycle and earned $8.2 million over the weekend. For this re-release, Fathom<\/a> is adding additional locations, dates and showtimes to keep up with demand.<\/p>\n

To commemorate the anniversary, Jackson<\/a> has recorded \u201cexclusive, lengthy welcome fan introductions\u201d for each of the three respective extended editions, Fathom says. Already it\u2019s a longer sit for audiences: While the original…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Peter Jackson\u2019s \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d trilogy is returning to theaters for the 25th anniversary of \u201cThe Fellowship of the Ring,\u201d and cinephiles seem eager to return to Middle-earth. Showtimes for the three films \u2014 \u201cFellowship of the Ring\u201d is set for Jan. 16, \u201cThe Two Towers\u201d for Jan. 17 and \u201cThe Return of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2234908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2234907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u2018Lord-of-the-Rings-Trilogy-Earns-5-Million-in-Box.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2234909,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234907\/revisions\/2234909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}