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Released
2017 · FILM

American Assassin

CIA recruit Mitch Rapp races against time to thwart a shadowy terrorist plot that could unleash a rogue nuclear weapon, while confronting the trauma of his fiancée’s death and a hardened Cold‑War veteran mentor who pushes him beyond his limits.

“Assassins aren't born. They're made.”

Directed by
Michael Cuesta, Vic Armstrong
Written by
Stephen Schiff, Michael Finch
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
112 min
ActionAdventureDrama

Synopsis

After the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp begins training under the guidance of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The two are subsequently recruited to investigate a series of seemingly random attacks on both military and civilian targets.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 967+ credited

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 Conrad Buff IvShot by Enrique ChediakScored by Steven PriceDesigned by Andrew LawsSound by Tom BarrowCostumes by Anna B SheppardStunts by Giorgio AntoniniVFX by Simon Carr

Box Office

2017 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.0× 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

$67.2M

Budget$33.0M
Worldwide gross$67.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $36.2M — 54% of worldwide · International: $31.0M (46%)

Opening weekend: $14.8M — 41% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $19.9M — 55% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,154 theaters

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  • American Assassinde

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