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In Stockholm, Sweden, vigilante hacker Lisbeth Salander is hired by computer programmer Frans Balder to retrieve Firefall, a program capable of accessing the world’s nuclear codes that he developed for the National Security Agency, as Balder believes it is too dangerous to exist.
Lisbeth successfully retrieves Firefall from the NSA’s servers, attracting the attention of agent Edwin Needham, but is unable to unlock it, and the program is later stolen from her by mercenaries led by Jan Holtser, who also attempt to kill Lisbeth. When she doesn’t attend their scheduled rendezvous, Balder mistakenly believes Lisbeth decided to keep Firefall for herself and contacts Gabrielle Grane, the deputy director of the Swedish Security Service (Säpo), who moves Balder and his young son August to a safe-house. Meanwhile, Needham tracks the unauthorized login to Stockholm and arrives to seek Lisbeth and Firefall.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web is a 2018 action thriller film[7][8] directed by Fede Álvarez and written by Álvarez, Steven Knight, and Jay Basu, based on the novel of the same name by David Lagercrantz, which in turn is based on characters in the book series by Stieg Larsson.
The film acts as both a soft-reboot and a sequel to David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as the second installment in the American-produced Millennium film series. It stars Claire Foy, taking over the role of Lisbeth Salander from Rooney Mara, and follows Salander as she tries to rescue and exact vengeance for battered women. Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, and Stephen Merchant also appear in the film.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web had its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival on October 24, 2018, and was released by Sony Pictures Releasing in Sweden on October 26, 2018, and in the United States on November 9, 2018. The film grossed over $34 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, although Foy’s performance was praised.
As of January 16, 2019, The Girl in the Spider’s Web has grossed $14.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $19.6 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $34.4 million, against a production budget of $43 million.
In the United States and Canada, The Girl in the Spider’s Web was released alongside The Grinch and Overlord, and was projected to gross $10–15 million from 2,929 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $3 million on its first day, including $635,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $8 million, down from the $12.8 million opening of the first film and finishing fifth at the box office. The film fell 68% in its second weekend to $2.8 million, finishing ninth.
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The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)
Directed by: Fede Álvarez
Starring: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Synnøve Macody Lund, Christopher Convery, Cameron Britton, Andreja Pejic, Vicky Krieps, Mikael Persbrandt
Screenplay by: Jay Basu, Fede Álvarez, Steven Knight
Production Design by: Eve Stewart
Cinematography by: Pedro Luque
Film Editing by: Tatiana S. Riegel
Costume Design by: Ellen Mirojnick, Carlos Rosario
Set Decoration by: Yesim Zolan
Art Direction by: Susannah Brough, Daniel Chour, Sabine Engelberg, Tarnia Nicol, Denis Schnegg
Music by: Roque Baños
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and some sexual content / nudity.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: November 9, 2018 (United States and Canada), November 21, 2018 (United Kingdom), November 22, 2018 (Germany)
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