Atlantis: The Lost Empire
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 |
| Produced by | Don Hahn |
| Screenplay by | Tab Murphy David Reynolds (uncredited) |
| Story by | Tab Murphy Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise Bryce Zabel Jackie Zabel Joss Whedon (Treatment) |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
| Edited by | Ellen Keneshea |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista International |
Release date |
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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.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire Media
The production team visited New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns to get a sense of the underground spaces depicted in the film.
The Atlantean letter A, created by artist John Emerson. Kirk Wise noted that its design was a treasure map showing the path to the crystal, "The Heart of Atlantis".
Scale model of Ulysses submarine by Greg Aronowitz, used by digital animators as reference during production.
References
- ↑ "Atlantis: The Lost Empire". The-Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ↑ Lyman, Rick; Fabrikant, Geraldine (May 21, 2001). Suddenly, High Stakes for Disney's Film and TV Businesses. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/21/business/21FILM.html?pagewanted=all. 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.