<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $80 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $136.2 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Lost in Space is a 1998 American science - fiction adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, and Gary Oldman . The film was shot in London and Shepperton, and produced by New Line Cinema . The plot is adapted from the 1965--1968 CBS television series Lost in Space . The film focuses on the Robinson family, who undertake a voyage to a nearby star system to begin large - scale emigration from a soon - to - be uninhabitable Earth, but are thrown off course by a saboteur and must try to find their way home . </P> <P> Several actors from the original TV series made cameo appearances in the film . </P>

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