Note: Runtimes include end credits, which in the Extended Editions are nearly 20 minutes long per movie because they include the names of fan club members.

Below is a quick-reference table, followed by detailed notes.

The extended editions add nearly 3 hours of total footage, largely due to extra scenes and fan credits. For context, watching all three extended editions in a row takes roughly 12 hours and 6 minutes.

To provide a clear, concise breakdown of the runtimes for all three films in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including both theatrical and extended editions.

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