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Released
1997 · FILM

Beverly Hills Ninja

A bumbling orphan raised as a legendary ninja must infiltrate Beverly Hills’ elite underworld to stop a deadly counterfeit ring, all while his clueless martial arts skills threaten to expose him and endanger the innocent.

“He puts the Mortal back in Kombat.”

Directed by
Dennis Dugan
Written by
Mark Feldberg, Mitchell Klebanoff
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
88 min
ActionComedy

Synopsis

Haru is an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the legendary White Ninja. He is raised among the finest ninjas and grows strong and large—very large. With the clumsy grace of all three Stooges combined, Haru becomes an embarrassment to his clan. However, when a beautiful blonde pleads for his help, Haru is given one dangerous, and disastrously funny, chance to prove himself.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

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 Jeff GoursonShot by Arthur AlbertScored by George S ClintonDesigned by Ninkey Dalton

Box Office

1997 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.7× 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

$31.5M

Budget$18.0M
Worldwide gross$31.5M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $13.5M — 43% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $13.5M — 43% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,112 theaters

Also known as

  • Beverly Hills Ninja - Die Kampfwurstde
  • Die Kampfwurst: Beverly Hills Ninjade
  • Le Ninja de Beverly Hillsfr
  • Mai dire ninjait

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Production3 Arts Entertainment

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