The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has topped British and North American box offices for the fourth week in a row and has already grossed $1.18 billion worldwide.
But the film, which has earned $8 million in New Zealand, dropped to second place at the box
office in Australia.
A spokeswoman for the producers, New Line Cinema, said that as of last Sunday, the New Zealand-made film had taken $1.18 billion, nearly twice as much as the $650 million the Ring trilogy cost to produce.
The director, Peter Jackson, is reported to be receiving 5 per cent of the profits.
North American moviegoers paid $38 million over the weekend to see the film, which has beaten Rush Hour 2 to become New Line's biggest-selling movie.
