The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Fincher
Screenplay by	Steven Zaillian
Based on	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; by Stieg Larsson
Produced by	Scott Rudin; Ole Søndberg; Søren Stærmose; Ceán Chaffin;
Starring	Daniel Craig; Rooney Mara; Christopher Plummer; Stellan Skarsgård; Steven Berkoff; Robin Wright; Yorick van Wageningen; Joely Richardson;
Cinematography	Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by	Kirk Baxter; Angus Wall;
Music by	Trent Reznor; Atticus Ross;
Production; companies	Columbia Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures; Scott Rudin Productions; Yellow Bird;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates	December 12, 2011 (Odeon Leicester Square); December 21, 2011 (United States); December 21, 2011 (Sweden);
Running time	158 minutes
Countries	Sweden; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$90 million
Box office	$239.3 million

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. Starring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, it tells the story of Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a girl from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years ago. He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker.

Sony Pictures began development on the film in 2009. It took the company a few months to obtain the film adaptation rights to the novel, while also recruiting Zaillian and Fincher. The casting process for the lead roles was intense; Craig faced scheduling conflicts, and a number of actresses were sought for the role of Lisbeth Salander. The script took over six months to write, which included three months of analyzing the novel.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo premiered at Odeon Leicester Square in London on December 12, 2011, and was released in the United States on December 21, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film grossed $232.6 million against a $90 million production budget and received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Craig and Mara's performances as well as Fincher's direction, the score, and the film's tone and visuals. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2011 and was a candidate for numerous awards, winning, among others, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing,^[4] while Mara's performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.^[5]

A soft reboot and sequel, The Girl in the Spider's Web, was released in October 2018.

^ "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "AFI|Catalog".
^ ^a ^b "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 12, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
^ "84th Academy Award winners". Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
^ "The 84th Academy Awards | 2012". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 17, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2017.

[BBFC-1] "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (18)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2011.

[AFI-2] "AFI|Catalog".

[Box_Office-3] "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 12, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2012.

[Oscars-4] "84th Academy Award winners". Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.

[5] "The 84th Academy Awards | 2012". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 17, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2017.

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