Little Nicholas

Little Nicholas
French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Laurent Tirard
Screenplay by	Laurent Tirard Grégoire Vigneron Alain Chabat
Story by	Laurent Tirard Grégoire Vigneron
Based on	Le petit Nicolas by René Goscinny Jean-Jacques Sempé
Produced by	Olivier Delbosc Marc Missonnier Genevieve Lemal Alexandre Lippens
Starring	Maxime Godart Kad Merad Valérie Lemercier
Cinematography	Denis Rouden
Edited by	Valérie Deseine
Music by	Klaus Badelt
Production companies	Fidélité Productions Wild Bunch M6 Films Mandarin Films Scope Pictures
Distributed by	Wild Bunch Distribution Central Film EOne Films
Release date	30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France Belgium
Language	French
Budget	€21.4 million[1]
Box office	$62.8 million[2]

Little Nicholas (French: Le Petit Nicolas), also known as Petit Nicolas (UK),^[3] is a 2009 French family comedy film directed by Laurent Tirard, who co-wrote with Grégoire Vigneron and Alain Chabat.^[4] It is based on a series of children's books by René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé. The film features an ensemble cast led by Maxime Godart in the title role of Nicolas. The film was theatrically released in France on 30 September 2009 by Wild Bunch Distribution, Central Film, and EOne Films.^[5]

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and earned $100.8 million on a €21.4 million budget. It won the French Television of Ontario (TFO) Prize for Best Youth Film at the Cinéfranco in 2010 and also received nominations for the César Award for Best Writing – Adaptation, the European Film Award for People's Choice Award for Best European Film, and the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Foreign-Language Film. A sequel, Nicholas on Holiday, was released on 9 July 2014.