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According to Yahoo!, The Fellowship of the Ring has exceeded 300 Million dollars in North America. The movie has grossed 305 million dollars in it's 17 week run. Harry Potter's current box office receipts exceed 315 million dollars, making 2001 a excellent year for Fantasy films.

New Line Cinema is releasing the very first preview of the new Tolkien movie today, so if you're interested, go have a look at their offficial website.

Liv Tyler will be playing Arwen in the upcoming movie. A rumour also says that another cast member will be Dominic Monaghan (as Merry), but this is just a rumour.

Here are the cast members that according to ringbearer.org and theonering.net have been confirmed so far:
Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
Sean Astin as Samwise (Sam) Gamgee
Billy Boyd as Peregrin (Pippin) Took
Ian McKellen as Gandalf
Ian Holm as Bilbo
Stuart Townsend as Aragorn