Title The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Overview This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined. Tagline Evil shall with evil be expelled. Genres Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama Keywords rape, journalist, based on novel, journalism, hacker, nazis, punk, investigation, remake, antisocial personality disorder, serial killer, disappearance, hacking, computer hacker, bible quote, scandinavian, abuse Production Companies Columbia Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Film Rites, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM , Yellow Bird, Ground Control Production Countries Norway, Sweden, United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 158 Release Year 2011
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 233 million USD