Hong Kong Synopsis
Lara Croft is tasked by MI6 to find the mythological Pandora's Box, an object from ancient legends which supposedly contains one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, before evil Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterrorist Jonathan Reiss can get his hands on it. Lara ventures to an underwater temple in search of a magical luminous orb, the key to finding Pandora's Box, but after securing it, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate who in turn plans to sell the orb to Reiss. Lara must recover the box before evil mastermind Reiss uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities.
The 2002–2004 Hong Kong Window
50 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life sits at position #36.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
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The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life premiered. 146 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 57m runtime, production spent $812K per minute on screen and earned $1.4M per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #647 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (23rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #418 of 516 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Paramount, Mutual Film Company, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Eidos Interactive, TOHO-TOWA |
| Runtime | 1h 57m |
| Release Date | July 21, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0325703 |