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2011 · FILM

Killer Elite

A retired Australian mercenary is forced out of hiding to complete a deadly mission in Oman—extracting confessions and staging the deaths of three former SAS soldiers—or risk the life of his ex-comrade.

“May the best man live.”

Directed by
Gary Mckendry, Noureddine Aberdine
Written by
Matt Sherring, Ranulph Fiennes
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
116 min
ActionCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • Peacock

Synopsis

Based on a shocking true story, *Killer Elite* follows two of the world's most elite operatives—Danny, a former special ops agent, and Hunter, his longtime mentor—as they confront the cunning leader of a secret military society. The story unfolds across multiple global locations, including Australia, Paris, London, and the Middle East, as Danny and Hunter become embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse in which the predators ultimately become the prey.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 272+ 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 John GilbertShot by Simon DugganScored by Reinhold HeilDesigned by Michelle McgaheySound by Nigel AlbermanicheCostumes by Aude Bronson HowardStunts by Chris AndersonVFX by Thad Beier

Box Office

2011 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.9× 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

$57.8M

Budget$66.0M
Worldwide gross$57.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $25.1M — 43% of worldwide · International: $32.7M (57%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Killer Elitede
  • (English)Killer Elite
  • (Bulgarian)Елитни убийци
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • CanadaSep 10, 2011
  • IsraelSep 22, 2011
  • South KoreaSep 22, 2011
  • PortugalSep 22, 2011

Companies

ProductionOmnilab Media, Ambience Entertainment, Current Entertainment

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