The Green Hornet (2011 film)

The Green Hornet
Two suited masked men, behind them is a large car them with green headlights.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichel Gondry
Written by
Based on
Produced byNeal H. Moritz
Starring
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
Edited byMichael Tronick
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
  • January 10, 2011 (2011-01-10) (Los Angeles)
  • January 14, 2011 (2011-01-14) (United States)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$120 million[2][3]
Box office$229.2 million[2]

The Green Hornet is a 2011 American superhero comedy film directed by Michel Gondry from a screenplay by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The film stars Rogen as the Green Hornet, a character created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker in 1936. Jay Chou plays his sidekick Kato, while Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour and Tom Wilkinson also feature. In the film, a newspaper publisher's son, following his father's sudden death, teams up with a martial arts-skilled mechanic to become crime-fighting vigilantes, attracting the attention of a Russian mobster.

The Green Hornet was released to theaters in North America on January 14, 2011 by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics and grossed $227.8 million against a $120 million production budget.

  1. ^ "The Green Hornet". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ^ a b "The Green Hornet (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "The Green Hornet (2011)". The Numbers. Retrieved December 29, 2020.