‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Fails To Rally Fans in Global Box Office Debut

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  1. >The War of the Rohirrim could only generate around $4.6 million in its first weekend domestically, despite having been given the widest-ever release for an anime title in a quarter-century, in over 2,600 nationwide locations. The film couldn’t crack the list of the top 10 biggest debuts for anime movies, which is led by Pokémon: The First Movie ($31 million). The War of the Rohirrim has made just over $10 million worldwide so far.

  2. I thought it was absolutely atrocious. I’m not surprised.

  3. What in the hell did they expect. Who asked for this??

  4. This may have been more appealing as an entry in the LOTR cinematic universe, if it wasn’t an anime.

  6. I think there is room in the current LOTR universe for animated projects like this, but it was never going to be a box office draw. At a budget of $30mil, I wonder if they end up actually losing money doing a theatrical release with marketing vs releasing it directly to digital.

  7. The loss doesn’t matter; they admitted they made this purely so New Line can retain the rights to LOTR.

  9. I liked the art but the animation was jarring on the big IMAX screen. It honestly caused eye strain to half the people i went with. I would have perfered to watch it on my TV

    The story itself was okay, but forgetable.

  10. Honestly I was pretty excited for this movie and the potential of new animated films set in Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth, but then that trailer dropped and like many I was very underwhelmed by the animation quality. Combine that with mixed-to-poor reviews and it’s no surprise us fans aren’t opting to check it out.

  11. I figured this would likely be an issue. Making it an anime didn’t click with many in the LOTR fandom.

  12. This won’t be popular but I don’t want them to expand on the Jackson stuff. I would rather they just made something new. These are films are going to use the old cast too 20 years on instead of recasting. I’m so tired of it.

  14. I’m surprised, I’ve been excited for this one. Won’t be able to see it for a while due to holidays 🙁

  16. Well I’m planning on watching it a second time and getting it on 4K bluray when possible, I really enjoyed it, not perfect but it was fun. If I had seen it when I was a child I would have thought it was the best movie ever.

  17. I was curious about it, but I’ve never seen or read anything LOTR related. I can’t tell from the trailer if this is beginner friendly or if it’s for dedicated fans.

    I know LOTR is one of the most mainstream franchises out there, but I’m not sure about this. It looks interesting to me but I don’t know if it has mainstream appeal. As far as I know, the leads are side characters, so people who aren’t dedicated fans don’t know who they are.

  18. Probably should have released it on streaming, a lot of people can’t afford to go to the movies right now, especially since it’s the holidays

  19. I literally didn’t even know there was a new LOTR movie until seeing this post

  21. May be due to lack of advertising? I hadn’t heard of it until last week from a soap commercial. 🧼

  22. dear god, stop with the franchises and sequels and remakes!!!!

  23. Most people won’t pay to see what amounts to an adult cartoon. Regardless of the subject matter. It’ll be on Netflix soon enough. Sad. True.

  24. I was stoked when I first heard about this… until I saw the trailer. The story of Helm Hammerhand, Freca, and the rivalry between their sons is extremely dope… why can’t we just have a movie about that? 

  25. Ima still go check it out this week on half off movie day 🎉

  27. Walked out in 10 minutes. Underproduced animation, weak aesthetic lacking care and finish.

  31. It’s reached the point where I fear that no filmmaker will ever be able to capture the spirit of Tolkien again

  32. I’m not a big fan of anime. I saw the trailer and just thought…oh hell no. Maybe if it was a different style of animation.

  33. I watched it in imax and it was a good 2 1/2 hour adventure.

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