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Released
2001 · FILM

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

An archaeo-linguist obsessed with finding Atlantis teams up with a wealthy eccentric to lead a daring deep-sea expedition, racing against time and rival forces to uncover the lost city before it vanishes forever.

“Unlock the secret to the greatest mystery the world has ever known.”

Directed by
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Written by
Tab Murphy, Kirk Wise
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
95 min
ActionAdventureAnimation
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

Milo Thatch, a young linguist, joins a group of intrepid explorers on a mission to discover the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 29

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Ellen KenesheaScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Matt Codd

Box Office

2001 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$186.1M

Budget$120.0M
Worldwide gross$186.1M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $84.1M — 45% of worldwide · International: $102.0M (55%)

Opening weekend: $329K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $501K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

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Also known as

  • Atlantis - Das Geheimnis der verlorenen Stadtde
  • Atlantis: el imperio perdidoes
  • Atlantide, l'empire perdufr
  • Atlantis - L'impero perdutoit

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