Johnny English
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.
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| Directed by | Peter Howitt |
| Written by | Neal Purvis Robert Wade William Davies |
| Produced by | Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Mark Huffam |
| Starring | Rowan Atkinson Natalie Imbruglia Ben Miller John Malkovich |
| Cinematography | Remi Adefarasin |
| Edited by | Robin Sales |
| Music by | Edward Shearmur |
Production companies | StudioCanal Working Title Films |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom France United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $160.5 million |
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. 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. It was followed by two sequels, Johnny English Reborn (2011) and Johnny English Strikes Again (2018).