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The Equalizer(2014)
Released
2014 · FILM

The Equalizer

A retired Marine with a quiet life and a sharp mind takes on the Russian mafia to rescue a teenage girl in their grip, risking everything to protect her and bring the criminals to justice.

“What do you see when you look at me?”

Directed by
Antoine Fuqua, Philip A Patterson
Written by
Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan
Rated
FSK · FSK 16
Runtime
132 min
ActionCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

McCall believes he has left his mysterious past behind and is committed to starting a new, quiet life. However, when he meets Teri, a young girl controlled by violent Russian gangsters, he cannot remain passive—he must help her. Using his hidden skills to deliver justice against those who brutalize the innocent, McCall emerges from his self-imposed retirement and rediscovers his sense of justice. If someone is in trouble, if the odds are against them, and if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will step in. He is The Equalizer.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 333+ 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 RefouaShot by Mauro FioreScored by Harry Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Naomi ShohanSound by David EsparzaCostumes by David C Robinson

Box Office

2014 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× 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

$192.3M

Budget$55.0M
Worldwide gross$192.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $101.5M — 53% of worldwide · International: $90.8M (47%)

Opening weekend: $34.1M — 34% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $45.5M — 45% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,236 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • The Equalizerde
  • Equalizerfr
  • The Equalizer - Il vendicatoreit
  • (Bulgarian)Закрилникът
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • CanadaSep 7, 2014
  • SpainSep 19, 2014
  • United StatesSep 22, 2014
  • BelgiumSep 24, 2014
  • IndonesiaSep 24, 2014

Companies

ProductionColumbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Village Roadshow Pictures

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