<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $275.7 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Scooby - Doo (also known as Scooby - Doo: The Movie) is a 2002 American live - action / computer - animated family comedy adventure film, based on the long - running Hanna - Barbera animated television series of the same name . It is the first installment in the Scooby - Doo live - action film series, directed by Raja Gosnell, written by James Gunn, and starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini and Rowan Atkinson . The plot revolves around Mystery Incorporated, a group of four young adults and a dog who solve mysteries, who reunite after a two - year disbandment, to investigate a mystery on a popular horror resort . </P> <P> Filming took place in and around Queensland on a budget of $84 million . The film was released on June 14, 2002, and grossed $275 million worldwide . Reggae artist Shaggy and rock group MxPx performed different versions of the Scooby - Doo, Where Are You! theme song . The Scooby - Doo Spooky Coaster, a ride based on the film, was built in Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Australia in 2003 . This is the final time William Hanna served as the executive producer before his death on 000000002001 - 03 - 22 - 0000 March 22, 2001 . </P> <P> The members of Mystery, Inc. solve the case of the Luna Ghost at the Wow - O - Toy Factory . However, long - time friction between Fred Jones, a glory hog, Daphne Blake, who is fed up with getting kidnapped at every mystery, and Velma Dinkley, who is never credited for her ideas, finally boils over and the gang breaks up, leaving Shaggy Rogers and his dog Scooby - Doo heartbroken . </P>

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