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Released
2016 · FILM

Mechanic: Resurrection

A master assassin must rescue his kidnapped love by pulling off three impossible hits that look like accidents, all while evading the ruthless rival who’s determined to end him.

“Four continents. Three kills... Or the love of his life is dead.”

Directed by
Dennis Gansel, Vic Armstrong
Written by
Lewis John Carlino, Philip Shelby
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
98 min
ActionAdventureThriller

Synopsis

Arthur Bishop believed he had left his violent history behind until his most dangerous adversary abducts the woman he loves. To rescue her, he must now journey across the world to carry out three seemingly impossible assassinations, using his expertise to make each killing appear accidental.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 275+ 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 Michael J DuthieShot by Daniel GottschalkScored by Mark IshamDesigned by Sebastian T KrawinkelSound by Kris CasavantVFX by Scott Coulter

Box Office

2016 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.1× 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

$125.7M

Budget$40.0M
Worldwide gross$125.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $21.2M — 17% of worldwide · International: $104.5M (83%)

Opening weekend: $7.5M — 35% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $10.1M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,258 theaters

Also known as

  • Mechanic: Resurrectionde
  • The Mechanic 2: Resurrectionde
  • (English)Mechanic: Resurrection
  • (Bulgarian)Механикът: Възкресение
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesAug 22, 2016
  • EgyptAug 24, 2016
  • AustriaAug 25, 2016
  • GermanyAug 25, 2016

Companies

ProductionSummit Entertainment, Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Davis Films, Millennium Films, Blue Eyes Entertainment
DistributionLionsgate, Batrax Entertainment, Aurum Films, CGV Mars Dagitim
Special effectsCubic Pictures, Worldwide FX
Other companiesDe Warrenne Pictures, Deimos Security Company

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