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LotR Cleans Up at AFI

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the acronyms-are-fun dept.

bigdreamer writes "Looks like LOTR is a big hit even among non-nerds. this CNN article says it won the most awards, including Best Picture, at the first annual American Film Institute awards Saturday."

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  1. Re:Box office totals? by inc0gnito · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to www.chud.com, Lord of The Rings has grossed $205,500,000 as of last Monday
    (box office totals are updated every Monday). This is over a three week period.
    Last weekend's gross was $23,000,000.

    FYI: In 8 weeks Harry Potter has grossed $300,500,000 so I don't think that LOTR has broken any records yet.

  2. Re:Recency effect? by jheinen · · Score: 5, Informative

    FWIW, in the Waterstone poll of 25,000 readers, the LotR was voted best book of the 20th century. Not too shabby for a work that's over 50 years old.

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