Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 action adventure film based on the Tomb Raider video game series featuring the character Lara Croft, portrayed by Angelina Jolie. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, it was directed by Simon West and revolves around Lara Croft trying to obtain ancient artifacts in competition with the Illuminati.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySimon West
Screenplay by
Adaptation by
  • Simon West
Story by
  • Sara B. Cooper
  • Mike Werb
  • Michael Colleary
Based onTomb Raider
by Core Design
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Menzies Jr.
Edited by
Music byGraeme Revell
Production
companies
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Mutual Film Company
  • Lawrence Gordon Productions
  • Eidos Interactive
  • Tele München Group
  • BBC Films
  • Marubeni
  • Toho-Towa
Distributed by
  • Paramount Pictures (United States)
  • United International Pictures (United Kingdom/International)
  • Concorde Filmverleih (Germany)
  • Toho-Towa (Japan)
Release dates
  • June 15, 2001 (2001-06-15) (United States)
  • June 28, 2001 (2001-06-28) (Germany)
  • July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06) (United Kingdom)
  • October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06) (Japan)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$115 million
Box office$274.7 million

The film was released on June 15, 2001, to generally negative reviews from critics, although Jolie was praised for her performance. It grossed $274.7 million worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing video game adaptations. A sequel, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, was released in 2003.

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