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Original Theatrical Trailer

The Matrix Reloaded(2003)
Released
2003 · FILM

The Matrix Reloaded

Neo must confront a possessed Bane and a relentless army of Sentinels to save Zion and fulfill his destiny as the One.

“Free your mind.”

Directed by
Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Written by
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
138 min
ActionSci-Fi

Synopsis

The Resistance grows as humans are freed from the Matrix and taken to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superhuman abilities, including the capacity to perceive the code underlying the Matrix. When machine sentinels begin digging toward Zion with a 72‑hour deadline, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must locate the Keymaker in order to reach the Source.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 330+ credited

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 Zach StaenbergShot by Bill PopeScored by Don DavisDesigned by Owen Paterson

Box Office

2003 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.9× 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

$738.6M

Budget$150.0M
Worldwide gross$738.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $281.6M — 38% of worldwide · International: $457.0M (62%)

Opening weekend: $42.5M — 15% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $42.5M — 15% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,603 theaters

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Also known as

  • Matrix 2 - Matrix Reloadedde
  • Matrix Reloadedde
  • (English)The Matrix Reloaded
  • (Bulgarian)Матрицата: Презареждане
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesMay 7, 2003
  • BelgiumMay 15, 2003
  • CanadaMay 15, 2003
  • FranceMay 15, 2003
  • MalaysiaMay 15, 2003

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