Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001 1h 40m movie Film Japan

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

“Born into Wealth. Groomed by the Elite. Trained for Combat.”

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.

The 2000–2002 Japan Window

226 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider sits at position #185.

  1. Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
    #1

    Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

    ★ 9.0 · 2002

  2. My Family
    #2

    My Family

    ★ 9.0 · 2002

  3. Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
    #3

    Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

    ★ 8.9 · 2001

  4. InuYasha
    #4

    InuYasha

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

  5. Fighting Spirit
    #5

    Fighting Spirit

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

  6. Shaman King
    #6

    Shaman King

    ★ 8.6 · 2001

  7. Digimon Tamers
    #7

    Digimon Tamers

    ★ 8.6 · 2001

  8. Leave it to Kero!
    #8

    Leave it to Kero!

    ★ 8.6 · 2000

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.

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The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Lara Croft: Tomb Raider premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$115.0M
Budget
$274.7M
Revenue
$159.7M
Net Profit
2.4×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 40m runtime, production spent $1.2M per minute on screen and earned $2.7M per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

5.9
TMDB Rating
5,705
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • buddhist monk
  • planetary alignment
  • angkor wat
  • illuminati
  • william blake
  • steampunk
  • female protagonist
  • archaeologist
  • based on video game
  • sled dogs
  • relic
  • archeology
  • time-manipulation
  • lunar eclipse

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