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Law Abiding Citizen(2009)
Released
2009 · FILM

Law Abiding Citizen

A grieving father teams up with a determined prosecutor to bring the home invader who murdered his family to justice, but legal loopholes and corrupt plea bargains threaten to let the killer walk free.

“Justice at any cost.”

Directed by
F Gary Gray, Tudor Jones
Written by
Kurt Wimmer
Rated
MPA · Unrated
Runtime
109 min
ActionCrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Fubo

Synopsis

A man, driven by frustration, takes matters into his own hands after a plea bargain results in the release of one of his family's killers. His campaign of retribution extends beyond the killer to include the district attorney and other individuals involved in the deal.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 346+ 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 Tariq AnwarShot by Jonathan SelaScored by Brian TylerDesigned by Alex HajduSound by Marc FishmanCostumes by Jeffrey KurlandVFX by Mat Beck

Box Office

2009 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.4× 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

$127.9M

Budget$53.0M
Worldwide gross$127.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $73.4M — 57% of worldwide · International: $54.5M (43%)

Opening weekend: $21.0M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $27.6M — 38% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,890 theaters

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • director's cut· 119 min

Also known as

  • Gesetz der Rachede
  • Law Abiding Citizende
  • El vengadores
  • Un ciudadano ejemplares
  • Que justice soit faitefr
  • Giustizia privatait
  • (English)Law Abiding Citizen
  • (Bulgarian)Смъртоносен противник
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesSep 23, 2009
  • CanadaOct 16, 2009
  • ThailandOct 16, 2009

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ProductionG-BASE, The Film Department, Warp Films

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