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Released
2015 · FILM

Blackhat

A disgraced hacker is recruited to lead an international task force in a race against time to dismantle a shadowy cyber‑crime syndicate before its next attack ignites worldwide chaos.

“We are no longer in control.”

Directed by
Michael Mann, Michael Mann Nm0000520
Written by
Morgan Davis Foehl
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
133 min
ActionCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, teams up with American and Chinese partners to track down a high-level cybercrime network operating across Chicago, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Jakarta. As Hathaway gets closer to the truth, the situation becomes personal when he uncovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was only the beginning of a larger scheme.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 327+ 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 Robert BermanShot by Stuart DryburghScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Guy Hendrix DyasSound by Lawrence ChickCostumes by Colleen Atwood

Box Office

2015 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.3× 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

$17.8M

Budget$70.0M
Worldwide gross$17.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening week (7-day): $5.4M

Peak 2,567 theaters

Also known as

  • (English)Blackhat
  • Blackhatde
  • Blackhat – Außer Kontrollede
  • Chapeau noirfr
  • Cyberfr
  • Hackerfr
  • (Bulgarian)Хакер
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 8, 2015
  • IndonesiaJan 14, 2015
  • CzechiaJan 15, 2015
  • DenmarkJan 15, 2015

Companies

ProductionForward Pass, Legendary Entertainment, Legendary Pictures
DistributionUniversal Pictures, Universal Pictures UK, United International Pictures (UIP)
Special effectsUniversal Production Partners (UPP), Scanline VFX, Hammerhead Productions, Digital Domain, Pixel Pirates
Other companiesAllan Padelford Camera Cars, ABC News, Alexa, Benchmark Post, Benchmark Sound Services

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