The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim gets a digital release date - Reports

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The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim performed poorly in theatres. (via Warner Bros. Pictures)

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim will be releasing digitally just after a couple weeks from its theatrical release, Deadline reports. Though it will continue to make its run in the theatres, the film is not making a desirable box office numbers.

Just recently, it was met with another low as reported by Box Office Mojo. The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim collected $4.5 million during the first week's run, which came down to $1.25 million in the second week. Now it is the time to check if its digital release can do any wonders with the veiwership numbers.


The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim is having a poor run

The film is set 183 years before the events of The Lord of The Rings. (Image via Warner Bros. Pictures)
The film is set 183 years before the events of The Lord of The Rings. (Image via Warner Bros. Pictures)

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim will be available on number of streaming platfroms like Prime Video, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, and more, from December 27, 2024. Some additional content will be included before the film's digital release that includes:

  • Return to Helm’s Deep: History Becomes Legend
  • Middle-earth and Anime: A Marriage of Creativity
  • Héra: A New Hero for Middle-earth.

Already havig a poor run in theatres, The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim will be competing against the new films like Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Wicked, Moana 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, and more. At the time of writing, this anime film holds a score of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, and 6.6 on IMDb.

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim is a prequel set 183 years before events of the original movie occurs. The focuses on characters that weren't in the lore, and tells specifically why they failed to make it to the legends. While there are new characters, Christopher Lee appears as a voice actor for Saruman.

Producers of the series chose this particular timeline to keep the story separate from Sauron, and the One Ring. Though it is connected to the saga, it is far different from what we saw in the live-action adaptations like The Hobbit, or The Lord of The Rings trilogy.


The War Of The Rohirrim is by far worst rated film in the franchise. As of now, another film in the franchise called The Hunt for Gollum is in development with Andy Serkis returning as the director and the creature obsessed with his precious.

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Edited by Amey Mirashi