Other Titles • Raiders of the Lost Ark • Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1999) • Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes (1981)
Trivia from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1999.
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Tom Selleck was originally cast as Indiana Jones but was committed to his MAGNUM, P.I. television series.
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is number 60 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 GREATEST MOVIES.
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The film was shot in France, Tunisia, Hawaii, and at EMI Elstree Studios in England.
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Theatrical release: June 12, 1981.
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The film grossed more than $240 million at the domestic box office and more than $380 million worldwide.
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Spielberg wanted to redeem himself after the excessive budget and shooting difficulties of his previous film, 1941, which was a box-office flop. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was completed under its budget of $20.4 million and exactly on schedule. Executive producer George Lucas, who had originally created the story idea of a heroic soldier of fortune, directed some second-unit footage in Tunisia.
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Two successful sequels followed: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.
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