The Pink Panther

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The Pink Panther is a series of comedy movies. The main character is a French police detective named Inspector Clouseau. Most of the films were directed and co-written by Blake Edwards. The theme music was composed by Henry Mancini.

In the films, the Pink Panther is a large and valuable diamond. The diamond is called the "Pink Panther" because the flaw at its centre is said to look like a leaping pink panther. The phrase was used for all the films in the series even when the jewel was not in the plot. It was in six of the eleven films.

The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence. It featured the Pink Panther character. This character then had its own series of animated cartoons.

Films

As of 2013^[update], eleven Pink Panther films have been made:

Film	Year	Clouseau Actor	Notes	Budget	Gross
The Pink Panther	1963	Peter Sellers		N/A	$10,878,107
A Shot in the Dark	1964	Peter Sellers		N/A	$12,368,234
Inspector Clouseau	1968	Alan Arkin		N/A	N/A
The Return of the Pink Panther	1975	Peter Sellers		$5 million	$41,833,347
The Pink Panther Strikes Again	1976	Peter Sellers		$6 million	$33,833,201
Revenge of the Pink Panther	1978	Peter Sellers		N/A	$49,579,259
Trail of the Pink Panther	1982	Peter Sellers / Stand-ins		N/A	$9,056,073
Curse of the Pink Panther	1983	Roger Moore		N/A	$3,374,312
Son of the Pink Panther	1993	Roberto Benigni		$28 million	$2,438,031
The Pink Panther	2006	Steve Martin		$80 million	$158,851,357
The Pink Panther 2	2009	Steve Martin		$70 million	$75,946,615

Other websites

• The Pink Panther at the Internet Movie Database