Editing Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

{{short description|2001 film by Simon West}}
{{about|the 2001 film starring Angelina Jolie|the 2018 film starring Alicia Vikander|Tomb Raider (film)|the character|Lara Croft}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
| image          = Lara Croft - Tomb Raider.png
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Simon West]]
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* [[Patrick Massett]]
* [[John Zinman]]
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* Sara B. Cooper
* [[Mike Werb]]
* [[Michael Colleary]]
}}
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence Gordon]]
* [[Lloyd Levin]]
* [[Colin Wilson (film producer)|Colin Wilson]]
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Tomb Raider]]''|[[Core Design]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Angelina Jolie]]
* [[Jon Voight]]
* [[Iain Glen]]
* [[Noah Taylor]]
* [[Daniel Craig]]
}}
| music          = [[Graeme Revell]]
| cinematography = [[Peter Menzies Jr.]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Glen Scantlebury]]
* Dallas S. Puett
}}
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Paramount Pictures]]
* [[Mutual Film Company]]
* Lawrence Gordon Productions
* [[Eidos Interactive]]
* [[Leonine Holding|Tele München Group]]
* [[BBC Films]]
* [[Marubeni]]
* [[Toho|Toho-Towa]]
}}
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* Paramount Pictures (United States and United Kingdom)
* [[United International Pictures]] (United Kingdom)
* [[Leonine Holding|Concorde Filmverleih]] (Germany)
* [[Toho|Toho-Towa]]  (Japan)
}}
| released       = {{Film date|2001|6|15|United States|2001|6|28|Germany|2001|7|6|United Kingdom|2001|10|6|Japan}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes<ref name="afi">{{cite web |title=Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |work=[[AFI Catalog]] |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/62090-LARA-CROFTTOMBRAIDER |access-date=September 22, 2023 }}</ref>
| country        = {{ubl|Germany|Japan|United Kingdom|United States<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/668989|work=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=November 10, 2012|title=Lara Croft Tomb Raider|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802151513/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/668989|archive-date=August 2, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="afi" />}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $115 million<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tombraider.htm |title=Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |work= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 19, 2014}}</ref>
| gross          = $274.7 million<ref name="mojo" />
}}

'''''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider''''' is a 2001 [[Action film|action]] [[adventure film]] based on the ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' video game series featuring the character [[Lara Croft]], portrayed by [[Angelina Jolie]]. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, it was directed by [[Simon West]] and revolves around Lara Croft trying to obtain ancient artifacts in competition with the Illuminati.

The film was released on June 15, 2001, to generally negative reviews from critics, although Jolie was praised for her performance. It grossed $274.7 million worldwide, making it  one of the [[List of highest-grossing films based on video games|highest-grossing video game adaptations]]. A sequel, ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life]]'', was released in 2003.

==Plot==
Adventurer [[Lara Croft]] defeats a robot in an Egyptian tomb, revealed to be a training exercise arena in her family manor, where she lives with her technical assistant Bryce and butler Hillary. In [[Venice]], as the first phase of a [[Syzygy (astronomy)|planetary alignment]] begins, the [[Illuminati]] search for a key to rejoin halves of a mysterious artifact, "the Triangle," which must be completed by the final phase, a [[solar eclipse]]. Manfred Powell assures the cabal that the artifact is almost ready, but has no real idea of its location.

Lara's father Lord Richard Croft, long missing and presumed dead, appears to her in a dream. Lara awakens to a mysterious ticking, and finds a strange clock hidden inside the manor. On her way to consult a friend of her father's, Wilson, Lara crosses paths with Alex West, an American associate and fellow adventurer. Lara shows Wilson the clock, and he puts her in touch with Powell. Lara shows Powell photographs of the clock, which he claims not to recognize.

That night, armed commandos invade the house and steal the clock, bringing it to Powell. The next morning, a prearranged letter from Lara's father arrives, explaining that the clock is the key to retrieving the halves of the Triangle of Light, an ancient object with the power to control time. After misuse of its power destroyed an entire city, the Triangle was separated: one half was hidden in a tomb at [[Angkor]] [[Cambodia]], and the other in the ruined city located at [[Ukok Plateau]], Siberia. Her father tasks her to find and destroy both pieces before the Illuminati can exploit the Triangle's power.

[[Image:Temple Facade-Angkor.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Ta Keo]] at [[Angkor]]]]

In [[Cambodia]], Lara finds Powell, who has hired West, and his commandos already at the temple. West solves part of the temple's puzzle, and Powell prepares to insert the clock at the moment of alignment. Lara, realizing they made a mistake, finds the correct keyhole; with only seconds left, Lara persuades Powell to throw her the clock. She unlocks the first piece of the Triangle, and the statues of the temple come to life and attack the intruders. West, Powell, and his remaining men flee with the clock, leaving Lara to defeat an enormous six-armed guardian statue. She escapes with the first piece; recovering at a Buddhist monastery, she arranges a meeting with Powell.

In Venice, Powell proposes a partnership to find the Triangle, and informs Lara that her father was a member of the Illuminati, and offers to use the Triangle's power to resurrect him; though reluctant, she agrees to join forces. Lara and Bryce travel with Powell, West, and the leader of the Illuminati to Siberia. Entering the tomb, they discover a giant [[orrery]], which activates as the alignment nears completion. Lara retrieves the second half of the Triangle, and Powell kills the Illuminati's leader to restore the Triangle himself, but the halves will not fuse. Realizing Lara knows the solution, Powell kills West to persuade her to complete the Triangle to restore West's and her father's lives. Lara complies, but seizes the Triangle herself.

In a "crossing" of time, Lara faces her father, who urges her to destroy the Triangle for good rather than save his life. Returning to the tomb, Lara manipulates time to save West and stab Powell, and destroys the Triangle. The tomb begins to collapse, and all flee but the wounded Powell, who reveals to Lara that he murdered her father. After a hand-to-hand fight, she kills Powell, retrieving her father's pocket watch and escaping the tomb.

Back in her manor, Lara visits her father's memorial and finds that Bryce has reprogrammed the robot, and Hillary presents her with her pistols, which she takes with a smile.

==Cast==
{{div col}}
* [[Angelina Jolie]] as [[Lara Croft]], a British adventurer and archaeologist
** Rachel Appleton as young Lara
* [[Iain Glen]] as Manfred Powell, leader of the Illuminati
* [[Jon Voight]] as Lord Richard Croft, Lara's father
* [[Daniel Craig]] as Alex West, a former acquaintance of Lara and rival treasure hunter who teams with Powell for financial gain
* [[Noah Taylor]] as Bryce, Lara's tech expert
* [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]] as the Distinguished Gentleman
* [[Chris Barrie]] as Hillary, Lara's butler
* [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]] as Mr Pimms
* [[Leslie Phillips]] as Wilson
{{div col end}}

==Production==
===Development===
''Tomb Raider'' went through many drafts and several writers, which resulted in production delays. In 1998, writer Brent V. Friedman, who had co-written ''[[Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]'' the year before, penned an unproduced ''Tomb Raider'' script. Producer and screenwriter [[Steven E. de Souza]], who wrote and directed the 1994 video game film ''[[Street Fighter (1994 film)|Street Fighter]]'', penned an early draft of the ''Tomb Raider'' script in 1999, which was rejected by Paramount. The final draft of the script was attributed to five writers, including director Simon West. West reverted to the original writers after he replaced [[Stephen Herek]] as director.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://ew.com/article/2000/03/02/tomb-raider-gearing-summer-2001-theatrical-release/|title= ''Tomb Raider'' is gearing up for a summer 2001 theatrical release|date= March 2, 2000|access-date= April 23, 2022|first= Rebecca|last= Ascher-Walsh|magazine= Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

===Financing===
''Lara Croft'' was financed through [[Tele München Gruppe]] (TMG), a German [[tax shelter]]. The tax law of Germany allowed investors to take an instant tax deduction even on non-German productions and even if the film has not gone into production. By selling them the copyright for $94 million and then buying it back for $83.8 million, [[Paramount Pictures]] made $10.2 million. The copyright was then sold again to Lombard Bank, a British investment group and a further $12 million was made. However, to qualify for Section 48 tax relief, the production must include some UK filming and British actors, which was acceptable for a film partially set in the United Kingdom. Presales to distributors in Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain made a further $65 million. [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] paid $6.8 million for premium cable television rights. In total, $94 million was put together.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9vpfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA99| title = Pradeep Thakur: ''Angelina Jolie: The World's Most Powerful Celebrity?'', Morrisville (NC) &#91;without date&#93;, p. 99.| isbn = 9788190870597| last1 = Thakur| first1 = Pradeep| publisher = Lulu.com}}</ref>

===Casting===
The announcement of the film generated significant discussion about who would be cast to play Lara Croft. Numerous actresses (and non-actresses) were rumored to be on the shortlist,<ref name=burningquestions>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2001/06/27/ewcom-answers-your-tomb-raider-burning-questions/|title=EW.com answers your ''Tomb Raider'' burning questions|magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]|date = June 27, 2001|access-date = December 27, 2017}}</ref> most notably [[Rhona Mitra]] (official model to ''[[Tomb Raider II]]''), [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], [[Famke Janssen]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Elizabeth Hurley]], [[Ashley Judd]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Diane Lane]], [[Demi Moore]] and [[Denise Richards]].<ref name=burningquestions/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SqXAAAAQBAJ&q=lara+croft+film&pg=PA141|title=Casting Might-Have-Beens: A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others|author=Eila Mell|date=2005|publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476609768|access-date = December 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name=developmenthell>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4nG_BgAAQBAJ&q=lara+croft+film&pg=PT312|title=Tales From Development Hell: New Updated Edition|author=David Hughes|date=2003|publisher=Titan Books |isbn=9780857687319|access-date = December 27, 2017}}</ref>

The casting of Jolie was controversial among many fans of the ''Tomb Raider'' series, with complaints about an American actress being hired to play a British character; others cited Jolie's tattoos and well-publicized controversial personal life.<ref name="developmenthell" /> Director Simon West dismissed these concerns and said, in reference to Jolie's penchant for sexual knife play, "it was always Angelina. I mean, Lara sleeps with knives and doesn't take shit from anybody. That's [Angelina] down to a tee."<ref name="developmenthell" /> Jolie wore a padded bra to increase her bust size when playing Lara. As she explained to ''NY Rock'' in June 2001: "C'mon, I'm not so flat chested to begin with. When I wear a tight T-shirt, I look a certain way. So it wasn't like we had to completely change me. You know, we just had to enhance me a little. I'm a 36C. Lara, she's a 36D. And in the game, she's a double D, so we took her down some. But we did give her a bit of padding there. For me, it was simply one size. So it was like having a padded bra. But no, I am not flat chested anyway. So we still made it Lara Croft, but we didn't go to any extremes. And Lara doesn't apologize for herself, and for having that, you know, recognizable shape. So I'm not going to apologize for her either."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/angelina_jolies_most_thrilling_decision_robbing_her_breasts_of_their_cultural_power/|title=Angelina Jolie's most thrilling decision: Robbing her breasts of their cultural power|work=Salon|date=May 15, 2013|access-date = December 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2001/jolie_int.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011202073359/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2001/jolie_int.asp|title=Angelina Jolie On Filling Lara Croft's Shoes and D-size Cups|publisher=NY Rocks|date=June 2001|access-date = December 27, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2001}}</ref>

The film marked the feature film debut of television actor [[Chris Barrie]], known for his role of Arnold Rimmer in the [[BBC]] science fiction comedy series ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. English actor [[Daniel Craig]] adopts an American accent for the role of Alex West whilst Jolie takes on an English accent.<ref>{{cite web |title= Does Angelina Jolie's 'Tomb Raider' Hold Up? |url= https://www.gq.com/story/does-angelina-jolies-tomb-raider-movie-hold-up |website= GQ |date= March 14, 2018 }}</ref> Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie's father, plays Richard Croft, Lara's father in the film.

===Filming===
Principal photography for ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' took place from July 30 to November 30, 2000. Portions of the film were shot on location at the [[Ta Prohm]] temple, located in [[Angkor]], [[Siem Reap Province]], Cambodia. The film was the first major motion picture to be shot in Cambodia since ''[[Lord Jim (1965 film)|Lord Jim]]'' in 1964, following the country's occupation by the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime.<ref>{{cite web|last=East|first=James|title=The making of Tomb Raider in Cambodia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/08/culture.features2|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=May 5, 2018|date=December 8, 2000}}</ref> In addition to on-location shooting, a majority of the film's production also took place on the [[007 Stage]] at [[Pinewood Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|last=D|first=Spence|title=Interview with Tomb Raider Director Simon West|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/23/interview-with-tomb-raider-director-simon-west|website=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|access-date=May 5, 2018|date=May 23, 2001}}</ref> [[Hatfield House]] in Hertfordshire was used as Croft's home in the film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Clugston |first=Harriet|date=November 15, 2017 |url=https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/eight-movie-scenes-you-didnt-779135|title=Eight movie scenes you didn't know were filmed in Hertfordshire|publisher=Hertfordshire Mercury |access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref>

===Post-production===
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Simon West's first director's cut of the film was 130 minutes long, before it went through re-shoots some time later after principal photography was finished. West was removed from working on the film in post-production, however he did return to work on re-shoots. Editor [[Stuart Baird]] was brought in by Paramount to re-edit the film. Baird was promised the job of directing ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' by Paramount in exchange for re-editing original 130-minute cut of this film and John Woo's original 210-minute cut of ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]''.

Due to post-production taking longer than expected, some major effects were left unfinished by the time the film was released in theaters. Baird re-edited the film down to 88 minutes. One of the bigger cuts on the film was changing the original score. Originally, [[Nathan McCree]] was hired to compose the score, as he had composed the music for the first three Tomb Raider games. Greg Hale Jones started to work on the score with Peter Afterman in November 2000, after production was finished, and [[Danny Elfman]] composed the main theme for the film. Jones later said how once West was fired from the film, his score and Elfman's theme were shelved. [[Michael Kamen]] was then hired and submitted demos, and composed a full score which was rejected once the film was re-edited by Baird. [[Graeme Revell]] was then brought in and he had to compose sixty minutes of music inside ten days. [[Jerry Goldsmith]] was also attached to score the film, but he couldn't due to health problems at the time.<ref>David Hughes - Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made, Page 231, Interviews with De Souza and Revell; "de Souza alleges that West went 'many, many millions over budget and two months over schedule, so the minute he turned in his interminable 130-minute cut, Paramount showed him the door. They didn’t even let him in the editing room.' Whether or not this is true — West was later invited back to direct minor reshoots in London, and provides director's commentary for the DVD — Paramount brought in Stuart Baird [...] to re-cut the entire movie. 'Stuart Baird has an executive producer credit on the movie,' notes de Souza, 'but all he did was re-cut the movie down to eighty-eight minutes (plus generous head and tail credits).' The studio also rejected the original music score by Michael Kamen (The X-Men), commissioning Pitch Black composer Graeme Revell to produce a new soundtrack — sixty minutes of music — in the space of ten days. [...] So rushed were the final stages of post production, that several major effects shots appeared incomplete by the time the film hit theatres."</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moviemusicuk.us/2001/06/15/lara-croft-tomb-raider-graeme-revell/#more-3729|title = LARA CROFT – TOMB RAIDER – Graeme Revell|date = June 16, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/tomb_raider2.html|title = Silvestri: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/spotlight_lost_scores.htm|title = Jerry Goldsmith Online Spotlight the Lost Scores}}</ref>

Despite the fact that a large amount of the film was cut, only four deleted scenes, seven minutes long in total, were included as extras on the film's DVD and Blu-Ray releases. Trailers for the film showed more deleted scenes. In July 2001, Simon West stated that he had prepared alternate version of the film for a DVD release which would include deleted scenes, but this version was never released. Angelina Jolie's nude scenes were also cut out for a PG-13 rating.

Some of the earlier scripts for the film included more scenes focusing on Lara's sex appeal, like Lara flashing her breasts to some villains as a distraction ([[Steven E. de Souza|Steven E. de Souza's]] February 1999 script), using her breasts to crush a giant millipede ([[Mike Werb]] & [[Michael Colleary|Michael Colleary's]] November 1999 script). Jolie later stated that she was disappointed with how Lara's sexual appeal was scaled down, and how she thought Lara wasn't sexy enough in the final film.<ref>David Hughes - Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made? - Chapter 12; Tomb Raider Chronicles - Why making the leap to the big screen was the toughest challenge Lara Croft had ever faced, Pages 211-235</ref><ref>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Blu-ray, Digging Into Tomb Raider (29 minutes)</ref><ref>Jeannette Walls, MSNBC Scoop, September 27, 2000</ref><ref>Simon West interview, Empire Magazine, July 2001</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/lara-croft-tomb-raider-angelina-jolie-dissatisfied-movie-character-wasnt-sexy-enough.html/ | title='Lara Croft: Tomb Raider': Angelina Jolie Was Dissatisfied with the Movie Because Her Character Wasn't 'Sexy Enough' | date=March 5, 2022 }}</ref>

==Music==
===Soundtrack===
{{Infobox album
| name       = ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[Various artists]]
| released   = June 15, 2001<ref name="Amazon.com"/>
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[Electronic music|electronic]]|[[hip hop music|hip hop]]}}
| length     = {{unbulleted list|69:01|72:14 {{small|(including the additional track)}}}}
| label      = {{hlist|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]|[[Warner Music Group|WEA]]<ref name="Amazon.com"/>}}
| misc       = {{Singles
| name       = Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type       = soundtrack
| single1    = [[Deep (Nine Inch Nails song)|Deep]]
| single1date = 2001 {{small|(promotional)}}
}}
}}

''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' is a 2001 soundtrack album to the film. The various artists soundtrack was released June 15, 2001. The Score was later released on June 25, 2001. The film also featured the songs "Lila" by [[Vas (band)|Vas]], "Inhaler" by [[Craig Armstrong (composer)|Craig Armstrong]], and a Piano rendition of "Largo" from [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s [[Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach#Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056|Harpsichord Concerto no. 5]] performed by Hae-won Chang. These were not featured on the soundtrack.

{{Track listing
|headline = Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
|title1 = [[Elevation (song)|Elevation]] |length1 = 3:36 |music1 = [[U2]] |note1 = Tomb Raider Mix
|title2 = [[Deep (Nine Inch Nails song)|Deep]] |length2 = 4:08 |music2 = [[Nine Inch Nails]]
|title3 = Galaxy Bounce |length3 = 4:45 |music3 = [[The Chemical Brothers]]
|title4 = [[Get Ur Freak On]] |length4 = 3:10 |music4 = [[Missy Elliott]] featuring [[Nelly Furtado]] |note4 = Remix
|title5 = Speedballin{{'-}} |length5 = 4:56 |music5 = [[Outkast]] featuring [[Cee Lo Green]]{{efn|Green's featured performance is not mentioned in the soundtrack credits}} and [[Joi (singer)|Joi]]
|title6 = Ain't Never Learned |length6 = 3:46 |music6 = [[Moby]]
|title7 = The Revolution |length7 = 4:17 |music7 = [[Brian Transeau|BT]]
|title8 = Terra Firma |length8 = 5:06 |music8 = [[Delerium]] featuring Aude |note8 = Lara's Mix
|title9 = [[Where's Your Head At]] |length9 = 4:43 |music9 = [[Basement Jaxx]]
|title10 = [[Illuminati (Fatboy Slim EP)|Illuminati]] |length10 = 3:14 |music10 = [[Fatboy Slim]] featuring [[Bootsy Collins]]
|title11 = [[Absurd (Fluke song)|Absurd]] |length11 = 3:40 |music11 = [[Fluke (band)|Fluke]] |note11 = Whitewash Edit
|title12 = [[Song of Life (Leftfield song)|Song of Life]] |length12 = 7:03 |music12 = [[Leftfield]]
|title13 = Edge Hill |length13 = 7:00 |music13 = [[Groove Armada]]
|title14 = Satellite |length14 = 3:39 |music14 = Bosco
|title15 = Devil's Nightmare |length15 = 6:04 |music15 = [[Oxide & Neutrino]]
}}

{{Track listing
|headline = Additional track in some versions of the album<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Lara-Croft-Tomb-Raider-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture/master/115360|title=Various - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Music From The Motion Picture)|website=Discogs|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>
|title16 = In Control |length16 = 3:13 |music16 = [[Die Toten Hosen]]
}}

===Score===
{{Infobox album
| name       = ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' &ndash; Original Motion Picture Score
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = [[Graeme Revell]]
| cover      =
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| length     = 48 minutes
| label      = {{hlist|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]|[[Warner Music Group|WEA]]<ref name="Amazon.com"/>}}
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[[Graeme Revell]] composed the soundtrack in less than two weeks,<ref name="twoweeks">{{cite web |title=TOMB RAIDER: Composer Graeme Revell - Creating a feature-film soundtrack in less than two weeks. |url=http://www.mania.com/tomb-raider-composer-graeme-revell_article_27089.html |access-date=2014-04-03 |publisher=[[mania.com]] |date=2013-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404182654/http://www.mania.com/tomb-raider-composer-graeme-revell_article_27089.html |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> following failed attempts by other composers.<ref name="filmtracks"/>

The CD was released through [[Elektra Entertainment]]. As noted by Revell, the tracks were mislabeled after failed attempts to stop the pressings. For example, the opening track includes both the Main Titles and Lara Croft at Home cues together. The resulting score caused the composer himself to issue an apology "for the poor listening experience" through his website.<ref name="filmtracks">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/tomb_raider.html |title=Tomb Raider (Graeme Revell) |publisher=Filmtracks |date=2001-06-26 |access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> The track list was later revised.<ref name="Graeme Revell's Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.graemerevell.com/grnews.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010810004408/http://www.graemerevell.com/grnews.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 10, 2001 |title=GraemeRevell.com NEWS |access-date=February 19, 2013 |publisher=GraemeRevell.com |first=Phil |last=Castillo |date=July 29, 2002 }}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Original Motion Picture Score
| title1 = Tomb Raider Main Titles
| length1 = 3:14
| title2 = Lara Croft at Home
| length2 = 2:13
| title3 = Powell and the Illuminati
| length3 = 2:58
| title4 = Lara Dreams of Her Father
| length4 = 1:46
| title5 = The Clock
| length5 = 3:01
| title6 = Home Invasion
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = Alex West and Mr. Wilson
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = The Letter
| length8 = 1:25
| title9 = Journey to Cambodia
| length9 = 2:00
| title10 = Angkor Wat
| length10 = 7:36
| title11 = Lara Battles Stone Monkeys
| length11 = 3:32
| title12 = The Brahman
| length12 = 1:31
| title13 = Siberia
| length13 = 2:52
| title14 = The Planetary Alignment
| length14 = 5:08
| title15 = Lara Defeats Powell
| length15 = 3:38
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Original Motion Picture Score {{small|(revised)}}
| title1 = Tomb Raider Main Titles/Lara Croft at Home
| length1 = 3:14
| title2 = Powell and the Illuminati
| length2 = 2:13
| title3 = Lara Dreams of Her Father
| length3 = 2:58
| title4 = The Clock
| length4 = 1:46
| title5 = Alex West and Mr. Wilson
| length5 = 3:01
| title6 = Home Invasion
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = The Letter
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Journey to Cambodia
| length8 = 1:25
| title9 = Angkor Wat
| length9 = 2:00
| title10 = Deep in the Temple
| length10 = 7:36
| title11 = Lara Battles Stone Monkeys
| length11 = 3:32
| title12 = The Brahman
| length12 = 1:31
| title13 = Siberia
| length13 = 2:52
| title14 = The Planetary Alignment
| length14 = 5:08
| title15 = Lara Defeats Powell
| length15 = 3:38
}}

==Release==
=== Home media ===
''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[VHS]] on November 13, 2001; a [[Blu-ray]] release followed on June 3, 2008. A 4K UHD Blu-ray release followed on February 27, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/1350/Lara-Croft:-Tomb-Raider-(2001).html|title=Lara Croft: Tomb Raider DVD Release Date|website=DVDs Release Dates|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref>

On the North American [[video rental]] charts, the film grossed {{US$|38.5 million|long=no}} in DVD rental revenue, {{as of|2001|12|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Weekly video report: Top 20 rental titles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g04IAQAAMAAJ&q=tomb+raider |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation |page=19 |date=December 2001}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, it was watched by {{Nowrap|7 million}} viewers on television in 2004, making it the year's sixth most-watched film (and third most-watched British film) on television.<ref>{{Cite news |title=UK Film Council Statistical Yearbook: Annual Review 2004/05 |pages=73 |publisher=[[UK Film Council]] |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/uk-film-council-statistical-yearbook-annual-review-2004-2005.pdf |access-date=21 April 2022 |via=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>

==Reception==
===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>

===Critical response===
''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' received generally negative reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Adam |date=2018-03-12 |title=Why The Original Tomb Raider Director Had Trouble Casting Angelina Jolie |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2386351/why-the-original-tomb-raider-director-had-trouble-casting-angelina-jolie |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=[[CINEMABLEND]] |publisher=[[Future US]] |language=en}}</ref> On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], {{RT data|score}} of {{RT data|count}} critic reviews are positive for the film, and the average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's consensus is "Angelina Jolie is perfect for the role of Lara Croft, but even she can't save the movie from a senseless plot and action sequences with no emotional impact."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lara_croft_tomb_raider |title=Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date={{RT data|access date}} }}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 33 out of 100, based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title= Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/lara-croft-tomb-raider |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= 13 April 2022 }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= December 20, 2018 |access-date= August 14, 2019 }}</ref>

[[IGN]] gave the film the lowest out of all the scores, a 0.0 ("Disaster") rating, condemning everything from character performances to the ending.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Glen Oliver |author-link1=Glen Oliver |title=IGN: Tomb Raider Review |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/300/300598p1.html |website=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026065034/http://movies.ign.com/articles/300/300598p1.html |archive-date=2007-10-26 |date=26 October 2007}}{{cite web |title=Review of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |website= IGN |date= June 15, 2001 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/15/review-of-lara-croft-tomb-raider }}</ref> 
Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said "[the film] has the distinction of being a major motion picture that’s far less imaginative, and quite a bit more stupid, than the interactive game it’s based on."  McCarthy praises Jolie but says "everything else about this frenetic production is flat and unexciting."<ref>{{cite web |date= 15 June 2001 |last= McCarthy |first= Todd |author-link= Todd McCarthy |title= Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |url= https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/lara-croft-tomb-raider-1200468801/ |website= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=1 January 2000 |author= Simon Braund |author-link= Simon Braund |title= Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |url= https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/lara-croft-tomb-raider-review/ |website= Empire }}</ref>
A positive review came from [[Roger Ebert]], who awarded the film three out of four stars and said, {{"'}}Lara Croft Tomb Raider' elevates goofiness to an art form. Here is a movie so monumentally silly, yet so wondrous to look at, that only a churl could find fault."<ref>{{cite news |date= June 15, 2001 |first= Roger |last= Ebert |author-link= Roger Ebert |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lara-croft-tomb-raider-2001 |title= Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (review) |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date= July 3, 2011 }}</ref>

In 2018, IGN reported that the film was "generally regarded as one of the better video game adaptations".<ref name="IGN-2018">{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2018-03-18 |title=Tomb Raider's CinemaScore: What Audiences Think of Video Game Movies |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/18/tomb-raiders-cinemascore-what-audiences-think-of-video-game-movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319085415/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/18/tomb-raiders-cinemascore-what-audiences-think-of-video-game-movies |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=IGN |language=en |quote=}}</ref> In 2021, [[GQ|''British GQ'']] listed ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' as one of the "only video game adaptations worth watching..."<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2021 |title=The only video game adaptations worth watching, ranked |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-video-game-adaptations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412091247/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/best-video-game-adaptations |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2023, [[Vulture (website)|''The Vulture'']] also commented that the film was "one of the select few times a big-budget video-game movie has actually worked."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crucchiola |first=Jordan |date=2023-10-30 |title=All 50 Video-Game Movies, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/every-video-game-movie-ranked-bad-to-worse.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114075027/https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/every-video-game-movie-ranked-bad-to-worse.html |archive-date=2024-01-14 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{{incomplete list|date=February 2025}}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"|[[28th Saturn Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
| rowspan="2"| ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider''
| rowspan="7" {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/potter-leads-saturn-kudos-1117863902/ |title='Potter' leads Saturn kudos |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 13, 2002 |access-date=May 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/03/14/Harry-Potter-leads-Saturn-Awards-field/87441016139177/ |title='Harry Potter' leads Saturn Awards field |publisher=[[United Press International|UPI]] |date=March 13, 2002 |access-date=May 28, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release|Best DVD Special Edition Release]]
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan="5"| Angelina Jolie
|-
!scope="row"| [[2002 Kids' Choice Awards]]
| Favorite Butt Kicker
| align="center"| <ref>{{Citation |last=Nickelodeon |title=Kids Choice Award 2002 |date=2002-04-20 |url=https://archive.org/details/kids-choice-award-2002 |access-date=2025-02-18}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[2002 MTV Movie Awards]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Female Performance]]
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mtv.com/news/h8029a/lord-of-the-rings-fast-and-the-furious-top-mtv-movie-award-nominees |title= 'Lord Of The Rings,' 'Fast And The Furious' Top MTV Movie Award Nominees |first= Rob |last= Mancini |work= [[MTV]] |date= April 23, 2002 |access-date= November 23, 2023 |archive-date= November 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123033714/https://www.mtv.com/news/h8029a/lord-of-the-rings-fast-and-the-furious-top-mtv-movie-award-nominees |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mtv.com/news/7cyv9l/lord-of-the-rings-nicole-kidman-on-top-at-mtv-movie-awards |title= 'Lord Of The Rings,' Nicole Kidman On Top At MTV Movie Awards |first= Rob |last= Mancini |work= [[MTV]] |date= June 3, 2002 |access-date= November 23, 2023 |archive-date= November 23, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231123033553/https://www.mtv.com/news/7cyv9l/lord-of-the-rings-nicole-kidman-on-top-at-mtv-movie-awards |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Fight|Best Fight]] {{small|(vs. Robot)}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[22nd Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Worst Actress]]{{efn|also for her performance in ''[[Original Sin (2001 film)|Original Sin]]''}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=John|title=22nd Annual Razzie Nominations Announced|url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=51|publisher=Golden Raspberry Award Foundation|date=February 11, 2002|access-date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210084551/http://razzies.com/asp/content/xcnewsplus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=51|archive-date=December 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Themes==
Director Simon West would comment a decade after its release that the creation of ''Lara Croft'' was influenced by a film market that "wasn't used to women leading summer blockbusters".<ref name=tr>{{cite web
|url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/03/08/tomb-raider-angelina-jolie-lara-croft/
|title=Tomb Raider director fought for Angelina Jolie as 'wicked' Lara Croft over 'safer' actresses
|access-date=2019-11-23
|last=Nolfi
|first=Joey
|date=2018-03-08
|publisher= Entertainment Weekly
}}</ref> This factor influenced his decision to cast [[Angelina Jolie]] who was not well known at the time, and not the studio's first choice (in contrast to [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Ashley Judd]], and [[Jennifer Lopez]]).<ref name=tr/> West said that his decision to cast Jolie lay in the fact that "there hadn't been a female lead of an action-adventure film that had carried a film [by herself recently], and Angelina wasn't as big as some of the other actresses that were up for the part, who'd done bigger films and had a longer track record and bigger box-office grosses... Some of their [images] were safer than Angelina's, whose was quite dangerous. She had all sorts of thing written about her—some obviously not true. She was a young woman experimenting."<ref name=tr/>

While ''Lara Croft''{{'}}s box office totals were the highest for a female-led action film at the time, and the film inspired theme park rides and led to a sequel, West stated in 2018 that "at the time, the studio was incredibly nervous at what the outcome could have been. I'm surprised it's taken so long [for other female-fronted action stories to rise up], because I thought that two or three years after, there'd be 10 other movies like it cashing in on its success ...[b]ut it's amazing how things work so slowly. But finally ''[[The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games]]'' and ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' have caught up!"<ref name="tr" />

==Other media==
===Sequel===
{{Main|Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life}}
Angelina Jolie returned in the sequel ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life''. While it was viewed as a critical improvement over its predecessor, it did not repeat its financial success, grossing $156 million compared to the previous installment's $274 million.

===Reboot===
{{Main|Tomb Raider (film)}}
[[GK Films]] first acquired the rights to reboot the film in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefilmstage.com/news/the-departed-the-town-producer-plans-tomb-raider-reboot-for-2013/|title='The Departed' & 'The Town' Producer Plans 'Tomb Raider' Reboot For 2013|date=March 8, 2011|publisher=The Film Stage|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318094035/https://thefilmstage.com/news/the-departed-the-town-producer-plans-tomb-raider-reboot-for-2013/|archive-date=2018-03-18}}</ref> In April 2016, MGM and GK Films announced a reboot of the film starring [[Alicia Vikander]] as Lara Croft with [[Roar Uthaug]] directing.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|title=Alicia Vikander to Play Lara Croft in 'Tomb Raider' Reboot|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/alicia-vikander-tomb-raider-lara-croft-1201753114/|website=Variety|access-date=30 March 2017|date=28 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/tomb-raider-release-date-alicia-vikander-1201810114/|title=Alicia Vikander's 'Tomb Raider' Gets 2018 Release Date|magazine=Variety|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=July 7, 2016}}</ref> It was released March 16, 2018.

==See also==
* [[List of films based on video games]]
* [[List of films featuring eclipses]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0146316}}
* {{TCMDb title|343714}}
* {{AFI film|62090}}

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