The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) the country's 91st best-selling computer game during this period. Although the planned "Hobbit" game, "Middle-earth Online" and "War of the Ring" were all ultimately released, the two sequels in the "Lords of the Rings" trilogy were not. The first game, an adaptation of "The Two Towers", was renamed "The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard" (a discarded title for the original "Two Towers" novel), so as not to cause confusion with EA's 2002 "Two Towers" game. "Treason" was first announced on April 24, 2003, with plans for a non-playable demo at E3 in May. The game was being
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King run. In the US and Canada, it is the 27th highest-grossing film, the highest-grossing 2003 film, and the highest-grossing instalment in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The film set an opening Wednesday record with $34.5 million. This record was first surpassed by "Spider-Man 2" and ranks as the seventh largest Wednesday opening. The film opened a day earlier for a midnight showing and accounted for about $8 million. This was nearly twice the first-day total of "" — which earned $18.2 million on its opening day in 2001 — as well as a significant increase over "" — which