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  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
  Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
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FORM 13F COVER PAGE


Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:
12-31-2017
 
Check here if Amendment:      Amendment Number:
 
This Amendment (Check only one.):      is a restatement.
       adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name: Fortress Investment Group LLC 
Address: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 
  46TH FLOOR 
  NEW YORK  NY  10105 

Form 13F File Number:   028-12421 


The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name: David Brooks 
Title: Secretary, VP and General Counsel 
Phone: 212-798-6100 

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/ David Brooks  New York,  NEW YORK 02-14-2018 
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]

Do you wish to provide information pursuant to Special Instruction 5?    X  Yes            No

Additional Information

GRATICULE ASIA MACRO ADVISORS LLC (?GAMA?), ALONG WITH CERTAIN OF ITS AFFILIATES, IS AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGER AND AFFILIATE OF FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC (?FORTRESS?). GAMA FILES ITS OWN FORM 13F WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF AND SUCH AFFILIATES, AS APPLICABLE. SOFTBANK GROUP CORP. (?SBG?) AND/OR CERTAIN OF ITS AFFILIATES ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS AND AFFILIATES OF FORTRESS. SBG AND/OR CERTAIN OF ITS AFFILIATES FILE THEIR OWN FORM 13F WITH RESPECT TO THEMSELVES AND SUCH AFFILIATES, AS APPLICABLE. WITH RESPECT TO WPX ENERGY INC., THE MANAGER SHARES DISCRETION WITH ANOTHER MANAGER WHO IS NOT REQUIRED TO FILE FORM 13F.

Report Type (Check only one.):

X  13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

      13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

      13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)


Form 13F Summary Page

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:
Form 13F Information table Entry Total: 29 
Form 13F Information table Value Total: 3,851,389 
  (thousands)

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F number(s) of all institutional investement managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.

   No. Form 13F File Number Name CIK
028-12421  Fortress Investment Group LLC  0001380393 
028-12417  FIG Corp.  0001387345 
028-12418  Fortress Operating Entity I LP  0001387344 
028-10806  FIG LLC  0001245521 
028-11237  DRAWBRIDGE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES ADVISORS LLC  0001252267 
028-16784  Fortress Credit Opportunities Advisors LLC  0001521338 
028-16785  Fortress Credit Opportunities III Advisors LLC  0001633593 
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