Editing Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (section)

===Box office ===
''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' was a box office success as it debuted at number one with $48.2 million, ahead of ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' and ''[[Shrek]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Theatrical_Article.cfm?article_id=1327|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010701190325/http://www.hive4media.com/news/html/Theatrical_Article.cfm?article_id=1327|title=Weekend Boxoffice Report: 'Lara Croft' Leaps Into the Big Game at No. 1|website=[[hive4media.com]]|archive-date=July 1, 2001|date=June 18, 2001|access-date=September 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> giving Paramount its second-best debut after ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'' and the fifth-highest debut of 2001. In addition, it had the fourth largest June opening weekend, behind ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'', ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'' and ''[[Batman Forever]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title='Lara Croft' easily tops US box office |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/06/17/Lara-Croft-easily-tops-US-box-office/8203992750400/ |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=17 June 2001 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226175209/https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/06/17/Lara-Croft-easily-tops-US-box-office/8203992750400/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It surpassed the opening record for a film featuring a female protagonist, previously held by ''[[Scary Movie]]'' ($42.3 million), as well as the opening record for a video game adaptation, previously set by ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'' ($31 million). The film maintained its status as the [[List of highest-grossing films based on video games|highest-grossing video game adaptation]] until the release of ''[[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film)|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]'' in 2010, and remains one of the highest-grossing video game-to-film adaptations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeguru.com/061801.htm |title=Weekend Box Office |publisher=Box Office Guru |date=June 18, 2001 |access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=videogameadaptation.htm |title=Video Game Adaptation Movies at the Box Office |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=February 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name="IGN-2018" /> According to the Associated Press, the opening weekend audience was 55 percent male and 45 percent female.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chetwynd |first=Josh |date=18 Jun 2001 |title='Tomb Raider' buries competition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/296691403/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The Mansfield News Journal |pages=2}}</ref>

The film grossed a total of $131,168,070 domestically and $274,703,340 worldwide.<ref name="mojo" /> Adjusted for inflation, ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' remains the second highest grossing live-action adaptation of a video game at the domestic box office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Numbers - Box Office Performance History for Based on Game Movies |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/market/source/Based-on-Game |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=The Numbers}}</ref>