Company Credits
Production Companies
- New Line Cinema (presents)
- WingNut Films (as A Wingnut Films production)
- The Saul Zaentz Company (licensor) (d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises)
Distributors
- New Line Cinema (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
- A-Film Distribution (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Alliance Atlantis Communications (2002) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Aurum Producciones (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Entertainment Film Distributors (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
- Fox-Warner (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Metropolitan Filmexport (2002) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (2002) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (2002) (Mexico) (theatrical)
- Warner Roadshow Film Distributors (2002) (Greece) (theatrical)
- FS Film Oy (2002) (Finland) (all media)
- New Line Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
- Alexandra Films (2003) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
- Herald Film Company (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Karo Premiere (2003) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Medusa Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Shôchiku Eiga (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
- Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (DVD) (2 disc)
- Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
- New Line Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2003) (Switzerland) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2003) (Germany) (VHS)
- Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
- New Line Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD) (1 disc)
- Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) (2005) (Netherlands) (TV)
- WB Television Network, The (2005) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
- Alliance Universal (2006) (USA) (DVD) (extended edition)
- A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Entertainment in Video (2010) (UK) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- New Line Home Video (2010) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Cinergia (Ukraine) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (Spain) (DVD) (trilogy edition)
- Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (Denmark) (TV)
Special Effects
- EYETECH Optics (uncredited)
- Gentle Giant Studios
- Hatch Production (additional matte paintings) (as Hatch FX)
- Hybrid Enterprises (uncredited)
- Oktobor (as Oktober Films)
- Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)
- Weta Digital (digital visual effects)
- Weta Workshop (special make-up, creatures, armour, weapons and miniatures)
Other Companies
- AFM Lighting (lighting rental facility)
- Abbey Road Studios (music recorded at) (as Abbey Road Studios, London)
- Abbey Road Studios (score mixed at) (as Abbey Road Studios, London)
- Air Lyndhurst Studios (music recorded at)
- Background Talent (extras casting)
- Camperdown Studios (adr facility)
- Colorfront (digital film grading system)
- Colosseum, Watford (music recorded at) (as CTS Colosseum, Watford)
- Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai (personal thanks)
- Dolby Laboratories (sound post-production)
- EFilm (personal thanks) (as E-Film)
- Farmhouse, The (adr facility)
- Film Unit, The (color and telecine dailies)
- Film Unit, The (re-recording facility)
- Flying Trestles (catering)
- Giant Studios (motion capture technology provided by)
- Henry Wood Hall (music recorded at)
- London Oratory School Schola, The (music performed by)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra (music performed by) (as The London Philharmonic Orchestra)
- London Voices (music performed by)
- New Zealand Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa (I) (personal thanks)
- Pacific Title (title design)
- Packair Airfreight (international logistics)
- Pinewood Studios (adr facility)
- Posthouse, The (digital color grading)
- Redline Sound Studios (foley recording)
- Reprise Records (soundtrack published by)
- Spacecam Systems (spacecam aerial camera system provided by)
- Stunt Associates (stunt equipment)
- Three Foot Six (production service: New Zealand) (uncredited)
- Upper Deck Film Services (negative cutting)
- WMG Soundtracks (soundtrack published by)
- Warner Music Group (soundtrack published by)
- Wellington City Council (personal thanks)
- Wellington Regional Council's Parks and Forests (personal thanks)
- Wescam USA (wescam provided by) (as Wescam)
