The Lord of the Rings books III and IV, and as such the eponymous towers could be either Orthanc and Barad-dûr, or Minas Tirith and Barad-dûr, or Orthanc and Cirith Ungol. Tolkien was initially opposed to titles being given to each two-book volume, preferring instead the use of book titles: e.g. "The Lord of the Rings": Vol. 1, "The Ring Sets Out" and "The Ring Goes South"; Vol. 2, "The Treason of Isengard" and "The Ring Goes East"; Vol. 3, "The War of the Ring" and "The End of the Third Age". However these individual book titles were later scrapped, and after pressure from his
The Lord of the Rings (film series) 2014, brand new Blu-ray steelbook editions of the five-disc Extended Editions were released. The first, "The Fellowship of the Ring", was released on 24 March 2014. The discs are identical to those found in the previous five-disc Blu-ray set. Unadjusted for inflation, "The Lord of the Rings" film series is the highest-grossing film trilogy worldwide of all time, higher even than other film franchises such as the original "Star Wars" trilogy and "The Godfather" trilogy. The film series grossed a total of $2.91 billion and also tied a record with "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic" for the total number of Academy Awards