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The Frighteners (1996)

Summary: After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing th...

Release Date: July 19, 1996

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, WingNut Films

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Fox Network, HBO Max, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,759,216

International: $ 12,600,000

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Summary: A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Release Date: December 19, 2001

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: J.R.R. Tolkien

, Fran Walsh

Runtime: 2 h 58 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: New Line Cinema, WingNut Films, The Saul Zaentz Company, Marzano Films

Distributor: New Line Cinema, New Line Home Entertainment, New Line Home Video, The WB Television Network, Alliance Universal, MGM Worldwide Television, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Studio Distribution Services (SDS)

Countries: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: Middle Earth

Movie budget: $ 93,000,000

Domestic: $ 319,372,078

International: $ 568,823,044

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Summary: Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

Release Date: December 17, 2003

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: J.R.R. Tolkien

, Fran Walsh

Runtime: 3 h 21 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: New Line Cinema, WingNut Films, The Saul Zaentz Company

Distributor: Fathom Events, Embracer Group, HBO Max, MGM Worldwide Television, New Line Home Entertainment, New Line Home Video

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Middle Earth

Movie budget: $ 94,000,000

Domestic: $ 381,878,219

International: $ 756,148,872

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Summary: The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain, their homeland, from the dragon Smaug.

Release Date: December 13, 2013

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 2 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), New Line Cinema, WingNut Films

Distributor: Embracer Group, HBO Max, HBO Zone, KVH Media Group, New Line Home Video, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), TNT

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Middle Earth

Movie budget: $ 225,000,000

Domestic: $ 258,387,334

International: $ 700,691,761

Guns Akimbo (2019)

Summary: A guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers.

Release Date: March 03, 2020

Genres: Action, Comedy, Thriller

Director: Jason Howden

Writer: Jason Howden

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: 18A

Production: Altitude Film Entertainment, Four Knights Film, Hyperion Media Group, Occupant Entertainment, Pump Metal Films, The Electric Shadow Company, Particular Crowd

Distributor: Saban Films, Lionsgate

Countries: Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Legend of the Seeker (2008)

Summary: After the mysterious murder of his father, a son's search for answers begins a momentous fight against tyranny.

Release Date: November 01, 2008

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Runtime: 0 h 44 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: ABC Signature, Buckaroo Entertainment, Ghost House Pictures

Countries: United States, New Zealand

Language: English

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Summary: Bilbo Baggins and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness.

Release Date: December 17, 2014

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Fran Walsh

, Peter Jackson

Runtime: 2 h 24 min

MPAA: PG

Production: New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), WingNut Films, 3Foot7

Distributor: Warner Bros., Fathom Events, Embracer Group, HBO Max, KVH Media Group

Countries: New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Middle Earth

Movie budget: $ 250,000,000

Domestic: $ 255,138,261

International: $ 707,115,685

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The Flash (2023)

Summary: Barry Allen uses his super speed to change the past, but his attempt to save his family creates a world without super heroes, forcing him to race for his life in order to save the future.

Release Date: June 16, 2023

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Andy Muschietti

Writers: Christina Hodson

, John Francis Daley

, Jonathan Goldstein

Runtime: 2 h 24 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: DC Comics, DC Entertainment, New Zealand Film Commission, DC Entertainment, Québec Production Services Tax Credit, The South Australian Film Corporation

Countries: United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand

Language: English

Franchise: DC Extended Universe

Movie budget: $ 200,000,000

Domestic: $ 108,133,313

International: $ 163,200,000

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Summary: A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Release Date: November 08, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Director: Taika Waititi

Writers: Christine Leunens

, Taika Waititi

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Defender Films

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, HBO Max

Countries: New Zealand, United States, Czechia, Czech Republic

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 33,370,906

International: $ 60,182,792

Black Christmas (2019)

Summary: A group of female students is stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy.

Release Date: December 13, 2019

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: Sophia Takal

Writers: Sophia Takal

, April Wolfe

, Roy Moore

Runtime: 1 h 32 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Divide/Conquer

Distributor: Universal Pictures, HBO Max

Countries: United States, New Zealand, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,429,730

International: $ 8,100,000

Come to Daddy (2019)

Summary: A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.

Release Date: February 07, 2020

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Director: Ant Timpson

Writers: Toby Harvard

, Ant Timpson

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Firefly Films, Blinder Films, Nowhere, Scythia Films

Distributor: Saban Films

Countries: Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 96,713

International: $ 21,234

Find Your Voice (2018)

Summary: Find Your Voice is a celebration of family and culture as a young Maori rapper finds his voice, on his comical yet spiritual journey home.

Release Date: September 08, 2020

Genres: Comedy, Family, Music

Director: Chris Herd

Writers: Chris Herd

, Matthew Scott

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Shorething Films, The Steve Jaggi Company

Countries: Australia, New Zealand

Language: English

Domestic: $ 6,019

Loaded (1994)

Summary: Seven teenagers retreat to a country house for the weekend to make their epic, an impossibly ambitious Celtic fantasy. As the making of the video drifts from playful hilarity to argument, frustrated ambition and accusation, intima...

Release Date: April 12, 1996

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Anna Campion

Writer: Anna Campion

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: British Film Institute (BFI), British Screen Productions, Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion (GFF), New Zealand Film Commission, Strawberry Vale

Countries: New Zealand, United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 44,231