Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the "Indiana Jones" franchise and a prequel to the 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark", featuring Harrison Ford reprising his role as the title character. After arriving in North India, Indiana Jones is asked by desperate villagers to find a mystical stone and rescue their children from a Thuggee cult practicing child slavery, black magic and ritual human sacrifice in honor of the goddess Kali. Executive producer and co-writer
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ranked it as the second-biggest Memorial Day weekend release, behind "". It was the third-most successful film of 2008 domestically, behind "The Dark Knight" and "Iron Man", respectively, and the year's second-highest-grossing film internationally, behind "The Dark Knight". In February 2010, it was the 25th-highest-grossing film of all time domestically, and 44th-highest-grossing worldwide, as well as the most financially successful "Indiana Jones" film when not adjusted for inflation of ticket prices. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" received strongly polarized but mostly positive reviews; as a result, it has been nominated both for numerous "best of" and