Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001 animated film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American animated movie made by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 40th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series and the first science fiction movie for Disney. It follows a group of mercenaries on a quest to find the lost city of Atlantis. Released on June 15, 2001, it did not make much money as the company wanted. Disney stopped making both a spin-off television series and an underwater attraction at its Disneyland theme park.
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
| Screenplay by | Tab Murphy David Reynolds (uncredited) |
| Story by | Tab Murphy Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise Bryce Zabel Jackie Zabel Joss Whedon (Treatment) |
| Produced by | Don Hahn |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Edited by | Ellen Keneshea |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista International |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $90–120 million[1][2][3] |
| Box office | $186,053,725[3] |
This movie has a sequel called Atlantis: Milo's Return.
References
change- ↑ "Atlantis: The Lost Empire". The-Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ↑ Lyman, Rick; Fabrikant, Geraldine (May 21, 2001). "Suddenly, High Stakes for Disney's Film and TV Businesses". The New York Times. Retrieved July 4, 2011.
Besides, Disney executives maintain that they have made it easier for their animated features to break even by a cost-cutting campaign that made Atlantis, which cost $100 million, about 35 percent cheaper to produce than the studio's other recent animated efforts.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2011.