The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) crimes. Blomkvist publishes an article that ruins Wennerström, who immediately flees the country. Salander hacks into Wennerström's bank accounts and, travelling to Switzerland in disguise, transfers two billion euros to various accounts. Wennerström is murdered by an unknown person. Salander reveals to her former guardian Holger Palmgren that she has made a friend and is happy. On her way to give Blomkvist a Christmas present, Salander sees him together with Erika, though he had said he was going to see his daughter that evening. Heartbroken, Salander discards the gift and rides away. The success of Stieg Larsson's novel created Hollywood
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo released to great acclaim in Sweden and later, on its publication in many other European countries. In the original language, it won Sweden's Glass Key Award in 2006 for best crime novel of the year. It also won the 2008 Boeke Prize, and in 2009 the Galaxy British Book Awards for Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year, and the prestigious Anthony Award for Best First Novel. Larsson was awarded the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for International Author of the Year in 2008. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" received mixed reviews from American critics. It debuted at number four