“Adventure has a new destination.”
Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up.
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Cast
38 people
Matthew McConaughey
Dirk Pitt
Known for
Interstellar
Dallas Buyers Club
Penélope Cruz
Dr. Eva Rojas
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Vanilla Sky
Steve Zahn
Al Giordino
Known for
Silo
War for the Planet of the Apes
Lennie James
General Zateb Kazim
Known for
The Walking Dead
Jericho
Lambert Wilson
Yves Massarde
Known for
Catwoman
Babylon A.D.
William H. Macy
Admiral Jim Sandecker
Known for
Shameless
Fargo
Rainn Wilson
Rudi Gunn
Known for
The Office
The Meg
Glynn Turman
Dr. Frank Hopper
Known for
The Wire
House of Lies
Jude Akuwudike
Imam
Known for
Gangs of London
Beasts of No Nation
Clint Dyer
Oshodi
Known for
Unknown
Mine
Delroy Lindo
Carl
Known for
Up
Da 5 Bloods
Robert Cavanah
Captain Tombs
Known for
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
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Breck Eisner Director · James V. Hart Screenplay Thomas Dean Donnelly Screenplay
Worldwide gross $119M · Budget $130M · United States release April 8, 2005
Box office
Budget
$130,000,000
Worldwide gross
$119,269,486
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Baldwin Entertainment Group
Production
Desertlands Entertainment
Production
Mace Neufeld Productions
Production
KanZaman Productions
Production
J.K. Livin Productions
Production
Moguletta
Production
Babelsberg Film
Production
Walden Media
Production
Dune Films
Production
Bristol Bay Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio · Production
Kanzaman
Production
Sahara Productions
Production
Germany · Morocco · Spain · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French
Release dates
United States · April 4, 2005
Premiere · Hollywood
United States · April 8, 2005
Theatrical
Argentina
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Australia
April 7, 2005 · Theatrical
Austria
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Belgium
June 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 26, 2005 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
April 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Croatia
June 16, 2005 · Theatrical
Cyprus
June 3, 2005 · Theatrical
Czechia
June 9, 2005 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Egypt
April 20, 2005 · Theatrical
Estonia
July 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Finland
July 8, 2005 · Theatrical
France
June 1, 2005 · Theatrical
December 7, 2005 · Physical · DVD & UMD
November 24, 2010 · Physical · Blu-Ray
June 5, 2020 · Digital · VOD
February 1, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
January 14, 2026 · TV · RTL9
October 27, 2026 · TV · Grand Écran
Germany
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
April 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
July 7, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
July 28, 2005 · Theatrical
Iceland
April 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Israel
August 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
April 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
June 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Kuwait
May 7, 2005 · Theatrical
Lebanon
July 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Mexico
May 13, 2005 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Panama
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
April 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Romania
September 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Russia
April 8, 2005 · Theatrical
Singapore
April 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Slovakia
June 9, 2005 · Theatrical
June 5, 2009 · TV · Markíza
June 4, 2011 · TV · JOJ
June 27, 2025 · Digital · VOYO
South Africa
June 24, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Spain
April 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Thailand
April 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Türkiye
September 16, 2005 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
May 25, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 8, 2005 · Theatrical
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