LotR Clings to the Box Office Top Spot for Third Weekend
Brandon Gray

HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) – The two most highly anticipated movies of 2001 each reached new box office milestones during the first weekend of 2002, while two Oscar contenders about geniuses posted potent numbers in their first weekends of national release. Click here to view the box office chart.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" continued its fantastic run at the box office, enjoying a three-peat atop the charts and becoming the sixth movie released in 2001 to soar past the $200 million mark. Business slipped a reasonable 41 percent to $23 million, on par with "Harry Potter's" third weekend, elevating the $93 million three-hour epic's 19-day total to $205.5 million. On its current pace, a final gross of $300 million is not out of the question.

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