Johnny English (film series)

Johnny English
Directed by
Written by William Davies
Neal Purvis (1)
Robert Wade (1)
Hamish McColl (2)
Starring Rowan Atkinson
Ben Miller
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
 2003–present
Running time
 279 minutes (1–3)
Budget Total (2 films):
$85 million
Box office Total (2 films):
$320 million

Johnny English is a series of British action comedy films parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. It features Rowan Atkinson as the titular character, based on the screenplay was written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and William Davies. The series includes three instalments: Johnny English (2003), Johnny English Reborn (2011), and Johnny English Strikes Again (2018).

The series is infused with comedy similar to Atkinson's Mr. Bean character, and has grossed over $320 million worldwide.

Films

Rowan Atkinson at the premiere of Johnny English Reborn.

Johnny English (2003)

After a sudden attack on "MI7", Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson), Britain's most confident yet unintelligent spy, becomes Britain's only spy as he goes on to find the thief who has stolen the crown jewels.

Johnny English Reborn (2011)

Johnny English goes up against international assassins who are plotting to assassinate the Chinese premier.

Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

In the film, Johnny English was tasked to investigate the cyber attacks launched in the UK.

Cast

Character table

Rowan Atkinson portrays the series' protagonist, with Ben Miller playing sidekick Bough.
Key
Main Indicates character had a main role in the film
Supporting Indicates character had a supporting role in the film
Cameo Indicates character had a minor or cameo appearance
Deleted Scene Indicates character only appeared in a scene cut from the film
Character Film
Johnny English Johnny English
Reborn		 Johnny English
Strikes Again
2003 2011 2018
Johnny English Rowan Atkinson
Bough Ben Miller Ben Miller Ben Miller
Pegasus Tim Pigott-Smith Gillian Anderson Adam James
British Prime Minister Kevin McNally Stephen Campbell Moore Emma Thompson
Lorna Campbell Natalie Imbruglia  
Pascal Sauvage John Malkovich  
Agent One Greg Wise Eric Carte  
Agent Two   Roger Barclay  
Kate Sumner   Rosamund Pike  
Simon Ambrose   Dominic West  
Colin Tucker   Daniel Kaluuya  
Patch Quartermain   Tim McInnerny  
Titus Fisher   Richard Schiff  
Karlenko   Mark Ivanir  
Killer Cleaner   Pik-Sen Lim  
Ophelia   Olga Kurylenko
Jason Volta   Jake Lacy
Agent Five   Charles Dance
Agent Seven   Michael Gambon
Agent Nine   Edward Fox

Crew

Crew/Detail Film
Johnny English
2003		 Johnny English
Reborn
2011		 Johnny English
Strikes Again
2018
Director Peter Howitt Oliver Parker David Kerr
Producers Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Mark Huffam		 Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Chris Clark		 Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Chris Clark
Rowan Atkinson
Written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade
William Davies		 Hamish McColl (screenplay)
William Davies (story)		 William Davies
Composer Edward Shearmur Ilan Eshkeri Howard Goodall
Cinematography Remi Adefarasin Danny Cohen Florian Hoffmeister
Editor Robin Sales Guy Bensley Tony Cranstoun
Production Companies StudioCanal
Working Title Films		 StudioCanal
Working Title Films
Relativity Media		 StudioCanal
Working Title Films
Perfect World Pictures
Distributor Universal Pictures
Release date July 18, 2003 (US) October 21, 2011 (US) October 26, 2018 (US)
Running time 88 minutes 102 minutes 89 minutes

Reception

Box office performance

Film Release date Box office gross Box office ranking Budget
 Ref(s)
Opening weekend
(North America)		 North America Other territories Worldwide All time
North America		 All time
worldwide
Johnny English 11 April 2003 $9,134,085 $28,082,366 $132,500,652 $160,583,018 #2,750 $40,000,000 [1]
Johnny English Reborn 7 October 2011 $3,833,300 $8,305,970 $151,772,616 $160,078,586 #4,890 $45,000,000 [2]
Total $36,388,336 $284,273,268 $320,661,604 $85,000,000 [3]
List indicator(s)
  • (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Johnny English 33% (121 reviews)[4] 51 (32 reviews)[5] B[6]
Johnny English Reborn 38% (89 reviews)[7] 46 (20 reviews)[8] B[6]
Johnny English Strikes Again 38% (42 reviews)[9] A

References

  1. ↑ "Johnny English". Box Office Mojo. 9 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Johnny English". Box Office Mojo. 9 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Johnny English Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Johnny English". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Johnny English". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Cinemascore". Cinemascore.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Johnny English Reborn". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Johnny English Reborn". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Johnny English Strikes Again". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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