Beyond the Tolkien Estate

[Mister Underhill]

I am fairly sure that the estate gets nothing from the films - the rights went a long time ago.

Who can say for sure? That is, unless we eventually see a lawsuit from the Estate similar to the one Zaentz brought. Anyway, according to Forbes.com, the Estate does get a cut.

It does make you wonder how Tolkien would feel about legions of lawyers haggling over the cash generated by his creation.