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
Lara Croft a lack of creative freedom and control over marketing decisions related to the ideas he developed (especially Lara Croft). Core Design improved and modified the character with each instalment. Developers for "Tomb Raider II" increased the number of polygons in the character's model and added more realistic curves to its design. Other changes included new outfits and manoeuvres. Core Design reportedly planned to implement crawling as a new gameplay option, but the option did not appear until "Tomb Raider III". Actress Judith Gibbins took over voice acting responsibilities and stayed on through the third game. For "Tomb Raider III", the