The film The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King is the fifth highest-earning threequel , behind Avengers : Infinity War , Iron Man 3 , Captain America : Civil War and Transformers : Dark of the Moon .
Worldwide , it is the nineteenth highest-grossing film of all time when not adjusted for inflation , the highest-grossing film of 2003 , the second highest-grossing film of the 2000s , and the highest-grossing instalment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy .
The Lord of the Rings-COLON- The Return of the King