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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of LifeFollow

2003 • PG-13 • 1h 57m • Action, Adventure, Fantasy • Paramount Pictures

The lady returns.

🍅 24% 44%

43

2.47

5.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$21.80M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$65.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$160.00M

$94.40M international

Domestic legs3.01x

Budget$95.0M

2003 rank#46

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Cast & crew

Full Bont filmography

Jan de Bont

Jan de Bont Director

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Starring

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler Starring

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds Starring

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor Starring

Djimon Hounsou

Djimon Hounsou Starring

ScreenplayDean Georgaris Produced byLawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin CinematographyDavid Tattersall MusicAlan Silvestri StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 25-27 4 $21.8M — 3,222 $6,760 $21.8M

2 Aug 1-3 6 $11.3M −47.9% 3,222 $3,519 $42.6M

3 Aug 8-10 8 $5.2M −54.0% 3,036 $1,719 $53.7M

4 Aug 15-17 11 $2.8M −46.6% 1,926 $1,447 $59.1M

5 Aug 22-24 13 $1.5M −46.0% 1,272 $1,182 $62.0M

6 Aug 29-31 19 $1.1M −29.3% 1,030 $1,031 $63.7M

7 Sep 5-7 25 $424.0K −60.1% 676 $627 $64.6M

8 Sep 12-14 32 $204.8K −51.7% 382 $536 $65.0M

9 Sep 19-21 49 $68.8K −66.4% 114 $603 $65.1M

10 Oct 10-12 33 $123.7K +79.7% 200 $618 $65.3M

11 Oct 17-19 35 $102.4K −17.2% 177 $578 $65.5M

12 Oct 24-26 41 $71.1K −30.5% 130 $547 $65.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jul 25 #2 $8.2M — $8.2M 3,222 $2,552 1

Sat Jul 26 #5 $7.8M −5% $16.0M 3,222 $2,415 2

Sun Jul 27 #5 $5.8M −26% $21.8M 3,222 $1,792 3

Mon Jul 28 #5 $2.6M −54% $24.4M 3,222 $819 4

Tue Jul 29 #5 $2.5M −5% $26.9M 3,222 $778 5

Wed Jul 30 #5 $2.2M −14% $29.1M 3,222 $669 6

Thu Jul 31 #5 $2.2M n/c $31.3M 3,222 $672 7

Fri Aug 1 #6 $3.6M +64% −57% $34.8M 3,222 $1,103 8

Sat Aug 2 #6 $4.4M +25% −43% $39.3M 3,222 $1,379 9

Sun Aug 3 #6 $3.3M −25% −42% $42.6M 3,222 $1,036 10

Mon Aug 4 #5 $1.7M −50% −37% $44.3M 3,222 $519 11

Tue Aug 5 #5 $1.6M −4% −36% $45.9M 3,222 $500 12

Wed Aug 6 #6 $1.3M −18% −39% $47.2M 3,222 $411 13

Thu Aug 7 #6 $1.3M −3% −41% $48.5M 3,222 $399 14

Fri Aug 8 #8 $1.5M +20% −56% $50.0M 3,036 $509 15

Sat Aug 9 #8 $2.1M +35% −53% $52.1M 3,036 $689 16

Sun Aug 10 #8 $1.6M −25% −53% $53.7M 3,036 $520 17

Mon Aug 11 #8 $703.0K −55% −58% $54.4M 3,036 $231 18

Tue Aug 12 #7 $741.0K +5% −54% $55.2M 3,036 $244 19

Wed Aug 13 #7 $637.0K −14% −52% $55.8M 3,036 $209 20

Thu Aug 14 #8 $490.0K −23% −62% $56.3M 3,036 $161 21

Tue Aug 19 #10 $388.0K — −48% $59.8M 1,926 $201 26

Wed Aug 20 #10 $359.0K −7% −44% $60.2M 1,926 $186 27

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$60.2M

Jul 25Jul 31Aug 5Aug 11Aug 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $123.7K

$21.8M

$11.3M

$5.2M

$2.8M

$1.5M

$1.1M

$424.0K

$204.8K

$68.8K

$123.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,222 → 1,926 −40.2%

3,222 open1,926 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +79.7%

−47.9%

W1→2

−54.0%

W2→3

−46.6%

W3→4

−46.0%

W4→5

−29.3%

W5→6

−60.1%

W6→7

−51.7%

W7→8

−66.4%

W8→9

+79.7%

W9→10

Steepest −66.4%Biggest gain +79.7%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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