Japan Synopsis
“Born into Wealth. Groomed by the Elite. Trained for Combat.”
English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the middle of a battle with a secret society. The shapely archaeologist moonlights as a tomb raider to recover lost antiquities and meets her match in the evil Powell, who's in search of a powerful relic.
Audience Engagement
5,705 audience reviews — more than 100% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Paramount
Adventure + Fantasy in Japan
719 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Lara Croft: Tomb Raider itself).
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
In the crowded 2000-2002 Japan release window, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider sits at #185 of 226. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Lara Croft: Tomb Raider premiered alongside 79 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 40m runtime, production spent $1.2M per minute on screen and earned $2.7M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.
The 1346th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- archaeologist · 5
- angkor wat · 2
- archeology · 2
- planetary alignment · 1
- illuminati · 1
- william blake · 1
- sled dogs · 1
- relic · 1
- lunar eclipse · 1
- time-manipulation · 13
- steampunk · 10
- buddhist monk · 8
- based on video game · 90
- female protagonist · 33
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,898 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (15th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Adventure productions specifically: #1,124 of 1,216 (top 92%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Paramount, Mutual Film Company, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Marubeni, Eidos Interactive |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | June 11, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0146316 |