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Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics."
A major fantasy masterpiece is now a global hit on HBO Max, and it happened 24 years after it became one of the most beloved movies in the genre. When it comes to fantasy movies, a few franchises have emerged as the very best that the genre has to offer over the years. One of those is a book adaptation.
The Lord of the Rings movie franchise has become one of the most influential in the fantasy genre and in the theatrical landscape as a whole. The original trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, was formed by a string of critically acclaimed hits. With more The Lord of the Rings spinoffs on the way, the timing is perfect for the resurgence of one of the originals.
According to FlixPatrol, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is now the 9th most-watched movie on HBO Max worldwide. The streamer's top ten movies list does not include any other entries from the Middle-earth franchise. The Two Towers stands above 2015's Jurassic World, which successfully rebooted the dinosaur franchise. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers grossed $938 million globally.
A Warner Bros. movie, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' main streaming home around the globe is HBO Max. The 2002 movie has managed to make its way onto the top ten movies list on the streamer for 13 countries, some of which include the likes of Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, France, North Macedonia, and more.
Out of the 13 countries the movie is trending in, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' best performance on HBO Max comes from Ukraine. The country has the fantasy masterpiece as high as its 2nd most-watched movie on HBO Max. While The Lord of the Rings movie is available in the United States, it remains out of the top ten.
Nationwide, the Oscar-winning movie has yet to break into that coveted chart in 2026. The last time that The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers managed to break into HBO Max's top ten movies list in the United States was on December 31, 2025, when the Peter Jackson movie made the 7th spot. Since then, the movie has been missing from the list.
After the original The Lord of the Rings trilogy, three The Hobbit movies were released in theaters by Warner Bros. In recent years, the franchise got a new chapter through a prequel, Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which has been renewed for season 3. With The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' streaming success, the franchise remains very much active.
Release Date December 18, 2002
Runtime 179 minutes
English (US) ·