The Scorpion King
Warrior. Legend. King.
In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village.Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
- Director
- Chuck Russell
- Worldwide
- $165M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Scorpion King returned 2.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $60M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $165M
- Release date
- Apr 18, 2002
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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