The Ring (2002 film)
2002 American film directed by Gore Verbinski / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ring is a 2002 American psychological supernatural horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Ehren Kruger, and stars Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Jane Alexander and Brian Cox. It is a remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 film Ring, based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki. Watts plays Rachel Keller, a journalist who discovers a cursed videotape that kills the viewer seven days after viewing it.
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| Directed by | Gore Verbinski |
| Screenplay by | Ehren Kruger |
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| Cinematography | Bojan Bazelli |
| Edited by | Craig Wood |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
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Running time | 115 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States[2] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $48 million[3] |
| Box office | $249.3 million[3] |
The Ring was released theatrically by DreamWorks Pictures on October 18, 2002. It received mixed-to-positive reviews, with critics in particular praising the atmosphere and visuals, Bojan Bazelli's cinematography, Verbinski's direction and Watts' performance. It was also a box-office success, grossing $249.3 million on a production budget of $48 million, making it one of the highest-grossing horror remakes of all time.
The success of The Ring inspired American remakes of several other Asian and Japanese horror films, including The Grudge (2004) and Dark Water (2005). It was followed by The Ring Two (2005) and Rings (2017).