Johnny English

This article is about the British-American film of 2003. For the series, see Johnny English (franchise). For people named John English, see John English.

Johnny English
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Howitt
Written byNeal Purvis
Robert Wade
William Davies
Produced byTim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Mark Huffam
StarringRowan Atkinson
Natalie Imbruglia
Ben Miller
John Malkovich
CinematographyRemi Adefarasin
Edited byRobin Sales
Music byEdward Shearmur
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • 11 April 2003 (2003-04-11) (United Kingdom)
  • 18 July 2003 (2003-07-18) (United States)
Running time
88 minutes[2]
CountriesUnited Kingdom[3]
France[4]
United States[4]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million[2]
Box office$160.5 million[2]

Johnny English is a 2003 spy action comedy film directed by Peter Howitt and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies. It is a British-French venture produced by StudioCanal and Working Title Films, and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Starring Rowan Atkinson in the title role along with Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller and John Malkovich, it is the first instalment of the Johnny English film series and serves as a parody and homage to the spy genre, mainly the James Bond film series, as well as Atkinson's Mr. Bean character. The character is also related to Atkinson's bumbling spy character from a series of adverts in the United Kingdom for Barclaycard in the 1990s.

Released theatrically in the United States on 18 July 2003, the film met with mixed reviews from critics but was commercially successful and grossed $160 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million.[2] The film was released in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2003 and topped the country's box office for the next three weekends, before being overtaken by X2.[5][6][7] It was followed by two sequels, Johnny English Reborn (2011) and Johnny English Strikes Again (2018).

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  3. ^ Lemire, Christy (21 October 2011). "Film review: 'Johnny English' fires wildly, but mostly misses comic targets". Deseret News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Johnny English (2003)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Weekend box office 11th April 2003 - 13th April 2003". 25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Weekend box office 18th April 2003 - 20th April 2003". 25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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