The Lord of the Rings
Fantasy...beyond your imagination.
Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron.Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices.But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.
- Director
- Ralph Bakshi
- Signature
- Wonder · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $30M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
21 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Lord of the Rings actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
Checking regional listings…
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Lord of the Rings returned 7.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $30M
- Release date
- Nov 15, 1978
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Spain, United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
Watch
