Indiana Jones: Mapping Out the Trilogy
Features By FSR Staff on May 18, 2008 | Be the First To Comment
A wise man once said that in order to really understand something, sometimes all you have to do is make a pie chart. And while we don’t have a way to make a pie chart to help you understand the Indiana Jones trilogy, we have come up with this pretty cool regular-style chart to help put things into perspective.
Check it out below and be amazed. And heck, you may just learn something.
| Radiers of the Lost Ark | Temple of Doom | The Last Crusade | |
| Release date | June 12, 1981 | May 23, 1984 | May 24, 1989 |
| Rating | PG | PG | PG-13 |
| Budget | $18 million | $28 million | $48 million |
| U.S. gross | $245 million | $180 million | $197 million |
| Worldwide gross | $384 million | $333 million | $495 million |
| Year setting | 1936 | 1935 | 1938 |
| Artifact being sought | Ark of the Covenant | Shankara Stones | Holy Grail |
| Villains | Nazis | Thuggee Cult | Nazis again |
| Lead bad guy | Dr. Rene Belloq | Mola Ram | Walter Donovan |
| Love Interest | Marion Ravenwood | Willie Scott | Elsa Schneider |
| Sidekick | Marion Ravenwood | Short Round | Henry Jones, Sr. |
| Opening sequence | Searching for sacred Idol in South America | Night club in Shanghai | Young Indiana Jones in the Utah desert |
| Creepy crawly | Snakes in the Well of the Souls | Bugs in the catacombs | Rats in Venice |
| Coolest booby trap | Weight-senisitive idol display | Shrinking room with spikes | The Breath of God (leads to beheading) |
| Coolest chase | Horse following Nazi truck | Mine cart | Horse following Nazi tank |
| Coolest gross-out moment | Melting faces | Tearing out of heart | Instant aging by drinking from non-Holy grail |
| How Indy beat his opponent in one-on-one combat | Chopped up by propeller | Ground down by rock crusher | Swan dive off a cliff in a tank |
Chart data compiled by Kevin Carr.
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