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Released
1995 · FILM

Assassins

A seasoned hit‑man races to complete his final contracts before retirement, only to have a ruthless rookie assassin repeatedly eliminate his targets and spark a deadly showdown over control of the underworld.

“In the shadows of life. In the business of death. One man found a reason to live.”

Directed by
Richard Donner
Written by
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
133 min
ActionCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Robert Rath is a professional hit-man who wants to complete a few more contracts before retiring. However, his plans are complicated by Miguel Bain, an unscrupulous and ambitious newcomer who keeps killing Rath's intended targets.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 211+ 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 Lawrence JordanShot by Vilmos ZsigmondScored by Mark MancinaDesigned by Thomas E Sanders

Box Office

1995 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$30.3M

Budget$50.0M
Worldwide gross$30.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $9.4M — 31% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $12.6M — 41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,343 theaters

Also known as

  • Assassins - Die Killerde
  • Asesinoses

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