<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $69.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (also known simply as Sharkboy and Lavagirl) is a 2005 American adventure film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and originally released in the United States on June 10, 2005 by Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures and Dimension Films . The film uses the anaglyph 3 - D technology, similar to the one used in Spy Kids 3 - D: Game Over (2003). The film stars Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, David Arquette, Kristin Davis and George Lopez . Many of the concepts and much of the story were conceived by Rodriguez's children . The special effects were done by Hybride Technologies, CafeFX, The Orphanage, Post Logic, Hydraulx, Industrial Light & Magic, R! ot Pictures, Tippett Studio, Amalgamated Pixels, Intelligent Creatures and Troublemaker Digital . The film received negative reviews from critics with much of the criticism directed at the decision to post-convert the film into 3 - D which damaged the film's visual look, and earned $69.4 million on a $50 million budget . </P> <P> Max is a lonely child in the suburbs of Austin who creates an imaginary dreamworld named Planet Drool, where all of his dreams come to life . He creates two characters; Sharkboy, who was raised by sharks after losing his father at sea, and Lavagirl, who can produce fire and lava, but has trouble touching objects without setting them alight . The two left Max to guard Planet Drool . In reality, Max's parents have little time for him, and their marital relationship is not going well . Max is also bullied by fellow schoolmate Linus . However, he does receive friendship from Marissa, the daughter of his teacher Mr. Electricidad, whose name is Spanish for "electricity". After a chase, Linus steals Max's dream journal (where all of his most precious dreams are kept) and vandalizes it . The next day, as Max attempts to retaliate, twin tornadoes form outside the school . Sharkboy and Lavagirl emerge from the tornadoes and have Max accompany them to Planet Drool, which he learns is turning bad because of Mr. Electric, the dreamworld's now - corrupt electrician . </P> <P> They confront Mr. Electric, who drops them in the Dream Graveyard, where some of Max's dreams have been dumped . They find Tobor, a robot toy that Max never finished building in the real world after being discouraged by his father . Tobor gives them a lift to other parts of the planet . The three form a friendship during their journey, but they face hardships, such as Sharkboy's anger for the oceans being frozen over, and Lavagirl's desperation to find her true purpose on Planet Drool . They are pursued by Mr. Electric and his "plughounds" across the planet . They plan to visit the Ice Princess and obtain the Crystal Heart, which can freeze time, giving them enough time to get to the center of Planet Drool and fix the dreamworld using Max's daydreaming . However, they are captured by Mr. Electric, and delivered to Linus's Planet Drool incarnation Minus, who has altered the dreamworld with Max's own dream journal, and traps the three in a cage . Sharkboy gets annoyed by Minus and has a shark frenzy, destroying the cage . After they escape, Max retrieves the dream journal from Minus while he is sleeping . Max informs Sharkboy that his father is alive in his book, but when Lavagirl wishes to learn what it says about her true identity, she burns the book to ash . In rage, Lavagirl asks Max why she was made out of lava, but Sharkboy tells him to let her cool down . </P>

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