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Directed by | Shawn Levy |
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Based on | The Pink Panther by Maurice Richlin Blake Edwards |
Produced by | Robert Simonds |
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Cinematography | Jonathan Brown |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing[2] (North America) 20th Century Fox (International)[2][3] |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States[1] |
Language | English |
Budget | $80 million[2] |
Box office | $164.1 million[2] |
The Pink Panther is a 2006 American comedy-mystery film and a reboot of The Pink Panther franchise, marking the tenth installment in the series. It is also the first Pink Panther film to be released since Son of the Pink Panther in 1993. In this film, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is assigned to solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and the theft of the famous Pink Panther diamond. The film was directed by Shawn Levy, stars Steve Martin as Clouseau and also co-stars Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, and Beyoncé Knowles.
The film received mostly negative reviews but was a commercial success, earning $164 million worldwide. The Pink Panther was released theatrically in United States on February 10, 2006, by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Columbia Pictures banner with 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer handling the international distribution, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 13, 2006. A sequel was released on February 6, 2009.
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