The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has knocked
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone out of the box-office record
books in Australia only a month after Harry landed there. In its
first week Rings has rung up $8.6 million, well above the $6.3
million that Rings recorded during its opening week.
The French film
Amelie also set a record — producing the biggest opening week gross
ever for a foreign language film with $406,642. (All figures U.S. dollars.)
Meanwhile, Screen Daily, the online version of the British trade
publication Screen International, reported Wednesday that Rings
is likely to become the fastest grossing film in history with $174
million recorded at the North American box office and $176 million overseas
in just two weeks.
