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Released
2005 · FILM

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D

Ten‑year‑old Max must join his imagined superheroes, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, on the wild world of Planet Drool to stop a darkness‑wielding villain from swallowing the planet in perpetual night.

“Smaller heroes. Just as super.”

Directed by
Robert Rodriguez
Written by
Racer Rodriguez, Marcel Rodriguez
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
92 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

Max has always been known for his wild imagination, but his most outlandish creations—a boy raised by watchful great white sharks and a girl with the power of a volcano—were never taken seriously. Now, these two pint-sized action heroes will prove to Max that even an ordinary child has the potential to be extraordinary.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

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 Robert RodriguezScored by John Debney

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× 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

$72.0M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$72.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $39.2M — 54% of worldwide · International: $32.8M (46%)

Opening weekend: $12.5M — 32% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $17.3M — 44% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,655 theaters

Also known as

  • Die Abenteuer von Shark Boy und Lava Girlde
  • Die Abenteuer von Sharkboy und Lavagirlde
  • Die Abenteuer von Sharkboy und Lavagirl in 3-Dde
  • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirlen
  • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-Den
  • Las aventuras de Sharkboy y Lavagirl en 3-Des
  • Les Aventures de Shark Boy et Lava Girlfr
  • Le avventure di Sharkboy e Lavagirl in 3-Dit

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