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199:$ 26 million
169:Running time
146:Release date
91:Ciara Janson
44:Pascal Pinon
1593:Xilam films
1406:Ramon Pipin
1269:The Doomies
1115:The Daltons
1013:Space Goofs
1006:Sky Dancers
999:Dragon Flyz
435:Gary Martin
399:Tara Strong
387:Greg Proops
375:Keith David
340:as La reine
320:French cast
275:Keith David
87:Keith David
61:Produced by
39:Directed by
1448:2003 films
1442:Categories
1241:Pfffirates
1213:Athleticus
1080:Rintindumb
885:Metacritic
866:2016-09-18
831:2016-09-18
797:2016-09-18
726:2016-09-18
695:2022-07-27
670:2016-09-18
549:30 October
521:References
515:Metacritic
500:Lara Croft
445:Production
241:Éric Chahi
204:Box office
173:85 minutes
157:2003-06-04
114:Production
49:Written by
1248:Lucy Lost
1199:Oggy Oggy
1171:Mr. Magoo
543:UniFrance
457:Reception
393:Tom Kenny
344:Jean Piat
255:BAC Films
218:(French:
207:$ 465,618
188:Languages
178:Countries
138:TVA Films
133:BAC Films
97:Edited by
1427:Category
1318:Original
1101:Mr. Baby
1037:Original
895:July 26,
889:Archived
860:Archived
791:Archived
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664:Archived
639:July 26,
633:Archived
579:July 26,
573:Archived
453:render.
431:as Demok
413:as Enode
395:as Zehos
389:as Gommy
383:as Assad
377:as Voxem
359:as Kaena
328:as Kaena
140:(Canada)
135:(France)
105:Music by
71:Starring
1292:Gaumont
1143:Paprika
983:Gaumont
761:2 March
451:3ds Max
425:as Reya
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365:as Opaz
334:as Opaz
227:fantasy
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196:Budget
183:Canada
181:France
1368:Staff
1283:Films
1094:Rahan
967:Xilam
658:Kaena
462:Kaena
251:Kaena
234:Xilam
122:Xilam
1066:Tupu
1059:Ratz
920:IMDb
897:2022
763:2017
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551:2021
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285:Plot
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