Timeline Monday 10 December 2001

Events on Monday 10 December 2001 1

• 2001 The Fellowship of the Ring -- release and reception The Fellowship of the Ring is released on 10 December 2001. Critical reception is ecstatic: a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert gives it four stars, the New York Times calls it 'a full-scale triumph.' It grosses $871 million worldwide against a $93 million budget. It receives 13 Academy Award nominations, winning 4 (cinematography, make-up, visual effects, score). The film proves that fantasy on a serious, epic scale can be commercially and critically successful -- opening the door for the fantasy genre in mainstream cinema that follows in the next decade.