Leprechaun (film)
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| Directed by | Mark Jones |
| Written by | Mark Jones |
| Produced by | Jeffrey B. Mallian |
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| Cinematography | Levie Isaacks |
| Edited by | Christopher Roth |
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| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $900,000 |
| Box office | $8.5 million |
Leprechaun is a 1993 American horror film written and directed by Mark Jones, and starring Warwick Davis in the title role, with Jennifer Aniston supporting. Davis plays a vengeful leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his pot of gold. As he hunts them, they attempt to locate his gold to mollify him.
Originally intended as straight horror, Davis injected humor into his role, and reshoots added increased gore to appeal to older audiences. Leprechaun was the first in-house production at Trimark Pictures for theatrical exhibition; it earned a domestic gross of $8.556 million against a budget of roughly $900,000 and became a cult film. While initial reviews were negative, the commercial success prompted a series of films with a sequel, Leprechaun 2, released theatrically the following year.