Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) is a 2010 action fantasy film
directed by Chris Columbus. The film is the first installment in the
Percy Jackson film series and is based on the 2005 novel The Lightning
Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by
Rick Riordan. It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an
ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario,
Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Catherine
Keener, Joe Pantoliano, Kevin McKidd, Sean Bean, Dylan Neal and Pierce
Brosnan. The movie was released to theaters on February 12, 2010 in
the United States by 20th Century Fox.The film cost $95 million to
make. It received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for the
poor grasp of its source material and its script, but praised for
Lerman's performance and the action sequences. Despite the reception,
the film grossed $226.4 million worldwide. The film was released on
June 29, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray. A video game based on the film
developed by Activision was released for Nintendo DS on February 11,
2010. A sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, was released on August
7, 2013.The film cost $95 million to make. It received mixed reviews
from critics, with criticism for the poor grasp of its source material
and its script, but praised for Lerman's performance and the action
sequences. Despite the reception, the film grossed $226.4 million
worldwide. The film was released on June 29, 2010 on DVD and Blu-ray.
A video game based on the film developed by Activision was released
for Nintendo DS on February 11, 2010. A sequel, Percy Jackson: Sea of
Monsters, was released on August 7, 2013.At the top of the Empire
State Building, Zeus meets Poseidon, accusing Poseidon's demigod son,
Percy Jackson, of stealing Zeus' master lightning bolt. Poseidon
reminds him that Percy is unaware of his true identity, but Zeus
declares that unless his master bolt is returned to Mount Olympus
before midnight of the Summer Solstice (in two weeks), war will be
waged between all the gods.16-year-old Percy struggles with dyslexia,
but has a unique ability to stay underwater. On a school trip to a
museum, Percy is attacked by Alecto, a Fury masquerading as his
substitute English teacher, Miss Dodds, who demands the lightning
bolt. Percy's best friend Grover Underwood and his Latin teacher Mr.
Brunner help scare off Alecto. Mr. Brunner gives Percy a pen which he
claims is a powerful weapon, and instructs Grover to take Percy and
his mother Sally to Camp Half-Bloodâ€"a hidden summer camp for demigod
children. There, they are attacked by the Minotaur, who seemingly
kills Sally when she's unable to enter the camp. At Grover's
suggestion, Percy uses Mr. Brunner's pen, discovering that is a sword,
to fight off the Minotaur. After having no success with the sword,
Percy kills the Minotaur with its own horn before fainting out of
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