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| Dragonball Evolution | |
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| Directed by | James Wong |
| Screenplay by | Ben Ramsey |
| Based on | Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama |
| Produced by | Stephen Chow |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Robert McLachlan |
| Edited by | Matthew Friedman Chris Willingham |
| Music by | Brian Tyler |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time | 85 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[3] |
| Box office | $56.5 million[3] |
Dragonball Evolution is a 2009 American superhero film directed by James Wong, produced by Stephen Chow, and written by Ben Ramsey. It is loosely based on the Japanese Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama, and stars Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun-fat, Joon Park, and Eriko Tamura. In the film, the teenager Goku reveals his past and sets out to fight the evil alien warlord Lord Piccolo who wishes to gain the powerful Dragon Balls and use them to take over Earth.
The film began development in early 2002 and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the first official live-action adaptation of the Dragon Ball series. Dragonball Evolution was released in Japan and several other Asian countries on March 13, 2009, and in the United States on April 10, 2009.
The film was both a critical and commercial failure. Critics and fans alike lamented the script, cast, and unfaithfulness to the source material. Additionally, it grossed only $9.4 million in North America and a worldwide total of $56.5 million against a budget of $30 million. The film was meant to be the first of a series, though all subsequent films were canceled. It has been called one of the worst films of all time.[4] The film has been accused of whitewashing[5][better source needed] and has had a negative effect on future anime-to-cinema adaptations, due to its casting, lack of loyalty to the source material, and failure at the box office.[6]
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- ^ "DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ a b "Dragonball Evolution (2009)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
- ^ Pacheco, Diego Pineda (December 9, 2024). "The 10 Worst Action Movies of the Last 25 Years, Ranked". Collider. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ ""Let Justin Chatwin have his redemption arc": Dragon Ball Fans Want to Give Live Action Goku Actor to Come Back into Akira Toriyama's Franchise in a New Role". fandomwire.com. July 31, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "Top 10 Worst Movies of the 2000s". watchmojo.com. WatchMojo. June 10, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2021.