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Released
1992 · FILM

3 Ninjas

Three young brothers, trained in the art of Ninjutsu by their wise Japanese grandfather, must use their martial arts skills to take down a dangerous crime ring threatening their family.

“Tum Tum, Colt and Rocky Ready for a Ninja Summer!”

Directed by
Jon Turteltaub
Written by
Kenny Kim, Edward Emanuel
Runtime
96 min
ActionComedyFamily
Streaming on
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Synopsis

Each year, brothers Samuel, Jeffrey, and Michael Douglas visit their Japanese grandfather, Mori Shintaro, whom they affectionately call Grandpa, for the summer. Mori is highly skilled in martial arts and Ninjutsu and has trained the boys in these techniques for years. When an organized crime ring becomes too much for the FBI to handle, the three brother ninjas use their martial arts skills to team up, battle the crime ring, and outwit some very persistent kidnappers.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

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Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by David RennieShot by Richard MichalakScored by Richard MarvinDesigned by Kirk M Petruccelli

Box Office

1992 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$29.0M

Budget$6.5M
Worldwide gross$29.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $5.9M — 20% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $9.4M — 32% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,912 theaters

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Also known as

  • 3 Ninja Kidsde
  • Tres pequeños Ninjases
  • Ninja Kidsfr
  • 3 ragazzi ninjait

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