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Directed by | Louis Leterrier |
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Music by | Brian Tyler |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate[1] |
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Running time | 124 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $75 million[3][1] |
Box office | $351.7 million[1] |
Now You See Me is a 2013 American heist film[4] directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, and Edward Ricourt and a story by Yakin and Ricourt. It is the first installment in the Now You See Me series. The film features an ensemble cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Common, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. The plot follows an FBI agent and an Interpol detective who track and attempt to bring to justice a team of magicians who pull off bank heists and robberies during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
The film premiered in New York City on May 21, 2013, before its official release in the United States on May 31, 2013, by Summit Entertainment. The film received mixed reviews with criticism being focused on the ending,[5] but became a box office success, grossing $351.7 million worldwide against a budget of $75 million. The film won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Thriller Movie and also received nominations for the Empire Award for Best Thriller and the Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film and Best Music.
A sequel, Now You See Me 2, was released on June 10, 2016.
A third installment to the franchise, Now You See Me 3, began filming in 2024 and is expected to be released in late 2025.[6]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page)."Now You See Me" cost roughly $75 million