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Released
1987 · FILM

Assassination

“A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life.”

Directed by
Peter R Hunt
Written by
Richard Sale
Runtime
88 min
ActionDramaRomance
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Jay Killon serves as the bodyguard for the recently elected U.S. president, but his assignment places him under the protection of First Lady Lara Royce. Lara despises Killon and repeatedly attempts to evade his presence. The narrative becomes more complex when an attempt is made on Lara’s life.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 James T HeckertShot by Hanania BaerScored by Valentine MccallumDesigned by William Cruse

Box Office

1987 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.2× 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

$6.1M

Budget$5.0M
Worldwide gross$6.1M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $2.8M — 46% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $3.6M — 60% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,000 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Mordanschlagde
  • El guardaespaldas de la primera damaes
  • Protection rapprochéefr

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