Austin Powers international bodies but is constantly thwarted by Powers, and (to a degree) his own inexperience with life and culture in the 1990s. In "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery", Austin and Dr. Evil are awakened after being cryogenically frozen for thirty years. Continuing to incorporate cultural elements of the 1960s and 1970s, "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" and "Austin Powers in Goldmember" feature time travel as a plot device and deliberately overlook inconsistencies. A proposed fourth film, "Austin Powers 4", has reportedly been in development since 2005. Myers himself has stated in interviews that the idea for "Austin
Austin Powers in Goldmember operated a "sex barn" north of Rotterdam. The man's distinct forms of expression caught Myers' attention while he was writing. "Austin Powers in Goldmember" took in £5,585,978 in the United Kingdom on its opening weekend. In the United States, it broke the opening weekend record for a spoof movie, surpassing the previous Austin Powers film. The film grossed US$73 million on its opening weekend, and grossed a total of $213 million in the United States, according to Box Office Mojo. "Austin Powers in Goldmember" was released on video and DVD on December 3, 2002. The DVD was released under the