<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $133.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Pokémon: The Movie 2000, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters the Movie: Revelation Lugia (劇場 版 ポケットモンスター 幻 の ポケモン ルギア 爆誕, Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Maboroshi no Pokemon Rugia Bakutan) is a 1999 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama . It is the second film in the Pokémon anime franchise . The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Unshō Ishizuka, Mayumi Iizuka, Satomi Kōrogi, Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin - ichiro Miki, Inuko Inuyama, Kōichi Yamadera, Chikao Ōtsuka, Kotono Mitsuishi, Akiko Hiramatsu, Takeshi Kaga and Masatoshi Hamada . </P> <P> Pokémon: The Movie 2000 has two parts: the feature presentation and a 20 - minute preceding short . The film is set during the Orange Islands saga, where Ash, Misty and Tracey enter Shamouti Island . While there, they discover the three legendary bird Pokémon, Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno . Meanwhile, a collector named Lawrence III attempts to steal the three Pokémon to awaken Lugia, which proves dangerous for the legendary Pokémon, Lugia, and Ash himself . </P> <P> The film was released in Japanese theaters on July 17, 1999 . The English version was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and released in the United States by Warner Bros. on July 21, 2000 . Pokémon: The Movie 2000 earned less at the box office than its predecessor, Pokémon: The First Movie . </P>

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