LOTR beats out Potter in Oz -

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Ringing endorsement for Lord of the Rings

30dec03

THE final instalment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy has broken Australian box office records for an opening weekend.

Australians spent $12.7 million seeing The Return of the Ring in its first three days of release, from Friday last week.
The crowds outnumbered those who flocked to see the second Matrix film, which made $11.2 million in three days, Star Wars: Episode 2 -- Attack of the Clones, which made $11.96 million in its first four days and Harry Potter and

the Chamber of Secrets, which took $10.6 million in its first four days.

The Return of the King also broke the Australian opening day box office record, doing $5.26 million worth of business, making it the largest opening day result in Australian history.

The previous opening day box office record for Australia was held by the second instalment in the trilogy.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers took $5.2 million on its first day on Boxing Day last year.

Australia Post is jumping on the success of the movie trilogy, launching a souvenir stamp sheet for the latest instalment.

The borders of Australian 50 cent stamps display various characters from the movie and the ring itself.