Overview

Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.

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Awards
Won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain (2003)
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Box office
Grossed $249M worldwide, about 5.2 times its $48M budget
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Based on
Based on Ring
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Filming locations
Filmed in California
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Setting
Set in Washington and Seattle
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Sequels
Followed by The Ring Two
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Collection
Part of The Ring Collection
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Music
Music by Hans Zimmer
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Details

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ehren KrugerScreenplay
Kōji SuzukiNovel
Hiroshi TakahashiScreenplay
Status: Released
Release date: October 18, 2002
Original language: English
Budget: $48M
Revenue: $249.3M
Countries: United States of America
Collection: The Ring Collection

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