A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.
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- 11 nominations
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- TriviaRick Riordan, who wrote the Percy Jackson books, hated the script and has never seen the complete film. But he still accepted the paycheck from the studio for the rights and has stated he is grateful for how many people discovered the books because of the films. He also strongly advocated for the novels to be readapted, which would later happen with the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023), for which he wrote most of the teleplays.
- GoofsWhen Percy, Annabeth and Grover come to Luke to ask for help he is playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) with a Playstation 3 controller while on screen Xbox 360 buttons are seen.
- Quotes
Hades: [yelling] Persephone! What could possibly be taking so long? Don't ignore me!
Persephone: [yells back] Or *what*? What will you do?
[quietly]
Persephone: I'm already in Hell.
- Crazy creditsHalfway through the credits there is a scene showing Gabe Ugliano's fate on discovering Medusa's severed head.
- SoundtracksHighway to Hell
Written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott
Performed by AC/DC
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Featured review
A bit of a disappointment
My family went to see the movie "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" today. All of us have read the books and are big fans. I do think it's interesting the comments made about how this movie is a ripoff from Harry Potter. If you actually read the book, the movie was nothing like it. I'd say it wasn't a bad way to spend a few hours. My family liked it, at no time was I wondering how long we'd been in the theatre. But where the book was great, the movie lacked...a lot.
CGI was awesome. Medusa & her snakes were amazing.
If you can avoid paying full price (where we live you can see movies on the weekends for $5 per person before noon), you won't feel like you were short-changed with this one.
CGI was awesome. Medusa & her snakes were amazing.
If you can avoid paying full price (where we live you can see movies on the weekends for $5 per person before noon), you won't feel like you were short-changed with this one.
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- Also known as
- Percy Jackson y los Dioses del Olimpo: Ladrón del rayo
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- Budget
- $95,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $88,768,303
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $31,236,067
- Feb 14, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $226,497,209
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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