Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was the highest-grossing film on its opening weekend. A sequel, titled "", was released in 2003. In pursuit of a diamond, Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) battles a large robot in an Egyptian tomb; she disables it by ripping out its circuits. The diamond, revealed to be a memory card, is inserted into a laptop computer inside the robot to play music. The fight took place in a practice area of Lara's home and the robot was programmed by her technical assistant Bryce (Noah Taylor) to challenge her in combat. The first phase of a planetary alignment, culminating in a solar
Shadow of the Tomb Raider game was declared gold (indicating that it was being prepared for duplication and release). "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" was designed to evolve the narrative and gameplay elements of Lara Croft; in the 2013 reboot she was portrayed as a hunted survivor, "Rise of the Tomb Raider" revealed her beginning to pursue her own goals, and "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" was designed to show her mastering the environment. The story closes off the rebooted origin story, with Lara becoming "the tomb raider she was always meant to be." Narrative director Jason Dozois defined this as being Lara's ultimate "tomb