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The Transporter(2002)
Released
2002 · FILM

The Transporter

A former special‑ops soldier turned elite getaway driver must transport a mysterious package across southern France while outwitting relentless bank robbers and a dogged inspector who are both determined to stop him at any cost.

“Rules are made to be broken.”

Directed by
Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen
Written by
Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
92 min
ActionCrimeThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Frank Martin, a former Special Forces officer, is known for delivering anything to anyone for the right price, with a no-questions-asked policy that keeps him in high demand. When he discovers that his latest cargo is a bound and gagged woman named Lai, it triggers a dangerous chain of events. Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and as Frank works to save her, his own illegal activities come under scrutiny from a French detective.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 226+ 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 Nicolas TrembasiewiczShot by Pierre MorelScored by Stanley ClarkeDesigned by Hugues TissandierSound by Francois Joseph HorsCostumes by Martine RapinStunts by Francis Auguy

Box Office

2002 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× 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

$43.9M

Budget$21.0M
Worldwide gross$43.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $25.3M — 58% of worldwide · International: $18.6M (42%)

Opening weekend: $9.1M — 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $12.1M — 48% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,573 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • The Transporterde
  • Le Transporteurfr
  • (English)The Transporter
  • (Bulgarian)Транспортер
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesOct 2, 2002
  • CanadaOct 11, 2002
  • SingaporeOct 12, 2002
  • FranceOct 23, 2002

Companies

ProductionEuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production, Current Entertainment

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