Mortdecai (film)

Mortdecai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Koepp
Screenplay byEric Aronson
Based onDon't Point that Thing at Me
by Kyril Bonfiglioli
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFlorian Hoffmeister
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • January 23, 2015 (2015-01-23)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[2]
Box office$47.3 million[3]

Mortdecai is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by David Koepp and written by Eric Aronson. The film is adapted from the novel series Mortdecai (specifically its 1972 first installment Don't Point that Thing at Me) written by Kyril Bonfiglioli. It stars Johnny Depp in the title role and features Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Paul Bettany and Jeff Goldblum. Released by Lionsgate on January 23, 2015, Mortdecai was a box office flop, grossing $47.3 million against its estimated $60 million budget, and was critically panned.[4][5]

  1. ^ "MORTDECAI (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  2. ^ FilmL.A. (June 15, 2016). "2015 Feature Film Study". Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Mortdecai (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  4. ^ "'Mortdecai' Is One Of Johnny Depp's Worst Flops Ever". Huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  5. ^ Stephanie Garcia (January 26, 2015). "Mortdecai becomes Johnny Depp's fifth consecutive movie to flop at the box office - News - Films". The Independent. London. Retrieved June 12, 2015.