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Directed by	Jan de Bont
Screenplay by	Dean Georgaris
Story by	Steven E. de Souza James V. Hart
Based on	Tomb Raider by Core Design
Produced by	Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin
Starring	Angelina Jolie Gerard Butler Noah Taylor Ciarán Hinds Djimon Hounsou Til Schweiger Christopher Barrie
Cinematography	David Tattersall
Edited by	Michael Kahn
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production companies	Mutual Film Company BBC Films Tele München Gruppe Toho-Towa Lawrence Gordon Productions Eidos Interactive
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (United States) United International Pictures (United Kingdom/Internationally) Concorde Filmverleih (Germany) Toho-Towa (Japan)
Release date	July 21, 2003 (premiere) July 25, 2003 (United States) August 14, 2003 (Germany) August 22, 2003 (United Kingdom) September 20, 2003 (Japan)
Running time	117 minutes[1]
Countries	Germany Japan United Kingdom United States[2]
Languages	English Mandarin
Budget	$95 million[1]
Box office	$160.1 million[1]

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action adventure film directed by Jan de Bont and based on the Tomb Raider video game series. Angelina Jolie stars as the titular character Lara Croft with supporting performances from Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Til Schweiger, Djimon Hounsou and Simon Yam. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, the film is a sequel to the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Critics noted The Cradle of Life as an improvement on its predecessor, particularly in the action sequences, and continued to praise Jolie's performance as Lara Croft. Despite this, it did not repeat its box office performance, grossing $156 million compared to the previous installment's $275 million. It was still a financial success, and plans were made for a sequel, which were cancelled when Jolie declined to reprise her role as Croft. A reboot was released in 2018, with Alicia Vikander

 taking over the title role.