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Directed by Peter Jackson Produced by Barrie M. Osborne Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Tim Sanders Screenplay by Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson Based on The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien Starring Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Viggo Mortensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett John Rhys-Davies Billy Boyd Dominic Monaghan Orlando Bloom Christopher Lee Hugo Weaving Sean Bean Ian Holm Andy Serkis Music by Howard Shore Cinematography Andrew Lesnie Edited by John Gilbert Production companies New Line Cinema WingNut Films Distributed by New Line Cinema Release date 10 December 2001 (Odeon Leicester Square) 19 December 2001 (United States) 20 December 2001 (New Zealand) Running time 178 minutes 208 minutes (extended) Country New Zealand United States Language English Budget $93 million Box office $887.8 million ( Wikipedia )