Build Your Own Lord Of The Rings Trilogy 4K Steelbook Collection For Only $86

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’s upcoming standalone 4K Blu-ray edition is available to preorder for only $30 at Walmart. Preorders opened at Amazon earlier this month for $35, but as of August 26, the retailer has The Return of the Ring’s Steelbook Edition priced at $53. To be clear, it’s highly unlikely this price will hold, and you won’t be charged by either retailer until your order ships, but now’s a good time to secure a copy from Walmart for cheap. The Return of the King will join the existing 4K Steelbooks for The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, both of which released earlier this year and are discounted to $28 each. With Walmart’s current deal prices, fans of Peter Jackson’s superb adaptation can own matching collectible editions of the full trilogy for only $86.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy on 4K Blu-ray – Limited Edition Steelbook

• The Fellowship of the Ring Steelbook (4K, Digital)
• The Two Towers Steelbook (4K, Digital)
• The Return of the King Steelbook (4K, Digital) | October 14

Amazon has the same $28 deals for the first two movies, and we expect The Return of the King to match Walmart’s price soon–unless Walmart sells out, in which case Amazon’s price will probably drop back down to the film’s full $35 MSRP. As of now, you’d be looking at $109 at Amazon.

Securing these beautiful Steelbook Editions of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy for only $86 from Walmart is quite the deal. Especially when you consider these editions were previously only available in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy Steelbook Collection with a $170 MSRP. The box set also comes with a metal display box, so you’re missing out on that by purchasing the movies individually. The slipcase probably isn’t worth paying double for most fans, though. Also, the standalone editions also include digital versions of the movies that can be added to your Movies Anywhere library.

$28 (was $35)

The Fellowship of the Ring’s Limited Edition Steelbook originally launched in January exclusively at Walmart. It sold out multiple times before and after launch, but thankfully it received a reprint in May to coincide with The Two Towers Steelbook release. It’s no longer exclusive to Walmart, and you can find it in stock at Amazon for a nice discount (at least for now).

This edition of The Fellowship of the Ring includes the theatrical and extended cuts on 4K Blu-ray and digital. The extended cut adds 30 minutes to the overall runtime and is spread across two discs.

• Theatrical Edition (Disc 1) – 178 minutes (2 hours and 58 minutes)
• Extended Edition (Discs 2-3) – 208 minutes (3 hours and 28 minutes)

The stylish cover design features silhouettes of Frodo and the other eight members of the Fellowship of the Ring as they embark on their journey to Mount Doom.

$28 (was $35)

The Two Towers Limited Edition Steelbook comes with 4K Blu-ray and digital versions of the middle entry in Jackson’s trilogy adaptation. The three-disc set has the original theatrical release and the extended cut, which adds 44 minutes to the runtime and is split across two discs.

• Theatrical Edition (Disc 1) – 179 minutes (2 hours and 59 minutes)
• Extended Edition (Discs 2-3) – 223 minutes (3 hours and 43 minutes)

The cover art for this edition features the tree-like creatures known as Huorns in Middle-earth.

$30 (was $35) | Releases October 14

The Return of the King Limited Edition Steelbook will complete your set of Lord of the Rings collectible 4K Blu-rays. The epic conclusion to one of the best movie trilogies of all time tied the record for most Oscar wins with 11 statuettes, including for Best Picture.

The case art features Gollum with Mount Doom in the backdrop. The three-disc set includes the theatrical and extended cuts of Return of the King on 4K Blu-ray and digital.

The Return of the King’s extended edition adds 50 minutes to the runtime, making it one of the rare major films to eclipse the four-hour mark.

• Theatrical Edition (Disc 1) – 200 minutes (3 hours and 20 minutes)
• Extended Edition (Discs 2-3) – 251 minutes (4 hours and 11 minutes)

The Hobbit Trilogy’s Steelbook Editions are only available as a box set, but it’s certainly possible standalone editions for those three prequel films could be next.

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are also sold in various budget-friendly Blu-ray box sets. You can check those out along with other Middle-earth films like the recent Lord of the Rings anime and classic animated adaptations by clicking the button below. We created a custom Amazon hub collecting all of the notable 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD releases available today.

The Lord of the Rings Collectible Books & Box Sets

Lord of the Rings fans who are interested in adding collectible editions of Tolkien’s original novels to their shelves can save big on arguably the best-looking edition of The Lord of the Rings at Amazon. The Lord of the Rings: Deluxe Illustrated Edition is on sale for $135.77 at Amazon, which just about matches the lowest price we’ve seen.

Published last October with a staggering $325 price tag, this expanded edition of the beloved 1992 three-volume collection includes stunning hardcover editions of each part of LOTR accompanied by dozens of drawings and paintings by Alan Lee. More than 50 of the illustrations are new to the remastered edition.

Quarterbound leather and cloth board bindings make these editions feel and look quite beautiful. The covers have original artwork by Lee in the center, and all of the symbols and lettering on the front and spines are foil-stamped in silver. Each book has sprayed top and bottom edges as well as illustrated side edges. Those illustrations match Lee’s Mount Doom artwork found on the interior walls of the custom-designed cloth board slipcase. This handsome box set also comes with three art cards and two foldout maps created by Christopher Tolkien.

Before you pick up the Deluxe set, you’ll also want to take a look at the upcoming four-book hardcover set that includes The Hobbit. Like the Deluxe editions, these hardcovers are the editions with illustrations by Alan Lee. The covers and display case are fully illustrated, so this set has a decidedly different look. The $150 box set releases in the US on October 14, and you can preorder it now for $139.50. This same collection was published in the UK in 2020, and you can buy it from a reseller on Amazon for $89.

Alternatively, the more budget-friendly Lord of the Rings Collector’s Edition Hardcover Box Set is on sale for $59.79 at Amazon. All three volumes of The Lord of the Rings have foil-stamped cover art, stained edges, ribbon bookmarks, and maps on the inside of these elegantly bound hardcovers. You can also save big on each of the three volumes on their own as well as matching Collector’s Editions of The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

Fans can also get substantial discounts on the 2024 History of Middle-earth Hardcover Box Sets. With 15 books in total–including The Silmarillion–these four gorgeous collections compile the entirety of Tolkien’s legendarium, which the author’s son, Christopher Tolkien, edited and expanded to create the lengthy series now known as The History of Middle-earth.

Publisher William Morrow continued this decorative series of Tolkien box sets in June with Tolkien Myths and Legends, a four-book box set featuring two Tolkien works inspired by English literature and two books that Tolkien personally translated. The sixth collection in the series, The Great Tales of Middle-earth, was published on August 19 and has received a limited-time discount to $84 (was $125). This set comes with Tolkien’s final three posthumously published Middle-earth novels: The Children of Húrin (2007), Beren and Lúthien (2017), and The Fall of Gondolin (2018). Both of these new Tolkien box sets are steeply discounted at Amazon and would look great displayed next to the upcoming Hobbit and LOTR Illustrated Box Set.