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Released
2002 · FILM

The Scorpion King

Mathayus, the last Akkadian warrior, must kill a prophetic sorcerer to stop the unstoppable invasion of Memnon, but betrayal, loss, and the harsh desert will test his will and survival.

“Warrior. Legend. King.”

Directed by
Greg Michael, Chuck Russell
Written by
Stephen Sommers, Jonathan Hales
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
92 min
ActionAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 861+ 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 Greg ParsonsShot by John R LeonettiScored by John DebneyDesigned by Ed VerreauxSound by Robert J Anderson JrCostumes by John BloomfieldStunts by Bob BrownVFX by Thorsten Binte

Box Office

2002 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.8× 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

$165.3M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$165.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $91.0M — 55% of worldwide · International: $74.3M (45%)

Opening weekend: $36.1M — 40% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $43.3M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,444 theaters

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Also known as

  • The Scorpion Kingde
  • El rey Escorpiónes
  • Le Roi scorpionfr
  • Il Re Scorpioneit

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