Life of Pi ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during a voyage to North America. Richard Parker is a royal Bengal tiger who is stranded on the lifeboat with Pi when the ship sinks. Richard Parker lives on the lifeboat with Pi and is kept alive with the food and water Pi delivers. Richard Parker develops a relationship with Pi that allows them to coexist in their struggle. In the novel, a hunter named Richard Parker is hired to kill a panther thought to have killed seven people within two months. Instead, he accidentally immobilizes a female Bengal tiger with
Life of Pi (film) The film became the biggest Hollywood hit of the year in India and is now the tenth highest grossing Hollywood release of all time in the country.</ref> "Life of Pi" has earned HK$45,058,653 (US$5.8 million) at the Hong Kong box office, making it the highest grossing Ang Lee film in Hong Kong. "Life of Pi" received positive reviews, with praise directed towards the visual effects, Lee's direction, Magee's screenplay, Danna's musical score, and Squyres' editing. It has an 87% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 238 reviews with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's