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The Ring

Summary: A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.

Release Date: October 18, 2002

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Director: Gore Verbinski

Writers: Ehren Kruger

, Hiroshi Takahashi

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation, BenderSpink

Distributor: DreamWorks Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount+, Trifecta Entertainment and Media, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Franchise: The Ring

Movie budget: $ 48,000,000

Domestic: $ 129,128,133

International: $ 120,220,800

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