Released in 2001, Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy was an epic undertaking, both in terms of the scale of the production and the box office receipts. The films were based on the beloved J.R.R. Tolkien novels, and took more than a decade to make.

The first film, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” was released on December 19, 2001. It tells the story of Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), a hobbit who must destroy the One Ring in order to prevent the Dark Lord Sauron from enslaving all of Middle-earth. The film was a critical and commercial success, and …