Middle-earth in film also became the most-nominated in the Academy's history, surpassing the "Godfather" series' 28 (with the release of "The Hobbit", the series currently has 36 nominations total). Its 11 Oscars at the 2004 Academy Awards tied it for most awards won for one film with "Titanic" six years earlier and the 1959 version of "Ben-Hur." It also broke the previous "sweep" record, beating "Gigi" and "The Last Emperor" (which each took 9 out of 9). "The Return of the King" also made movie history as the highest-grossing film opening on a Wednesday and was the second film after "Titanic" to earn
Gigi (1958 film) year with 11 Oscars. In tribute to "Gigi"s domination of the Oscars, the MGM switchboard answered calls the following day with "M-Gigi-M". "Gigi", eventually along with 1987's "The Last Emperor", held the record as the film(s) with the most Academy Award wins in every category in which it was nominated, until 2003's "" broke the record at the 2004 Oscars ceremony with 11 Oscar nominations and 11 Oscar wins. In about 2008, the film was digitally restored by Prasad Studios, which removed dirt, tears, scratches, and other defects frame by frame. Gigi (1958 film) Gigi () is a 1958 American