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Ninja AssassinFollow

2009 • R • 1h 39m • Action, Thriller • Warner Bros.

Fear not the weapon, but the hand that wields it.

🍅 25% 54%

34

2.9

6.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$13.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$38.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$62.20M

$24.10M international

Domestic legs2.9x

Budget$50M

2009 rank#77

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Cast & crew

Directed byJames McTeigue ScreenplayJ. Michael Straczynski, Matthew Sand Produced byLilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Joel Silver, Grant Hill CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub Prod. DesignGraham "Grace" Walker StarringRain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Rick Yune, Sho Kosugi, Randall Duk Kim StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Nov 27-29 6 $13.3M — 2,503 $5,320 $21.2M

2 Dec 4-6 8 $5.1M −62.0% 2,503 $2,022 $29.8M

3 Dec 11-13 10 $2.7M −46.5% 2,100 $1,289 $34.3M

4 Dec 18-20 14 $932.4K −65.6% 1,155 $807 $36.4M

5 Dec 25-27 26 $203.1K −78.2% 166 $1,224 $37.2M

6 Jan 1-3 30 $189.3K −6.8% 166 $1,140 $37.5M

7 Jan 8-10 36 $71.0K −62.5% 101 $703 $37.6M

8 Jan 15-17 33 $124.5K +75.3% 206 $604 $37.8M

9 Jan 22-24 38 $96.3K −22.7% 168 $573 $37.9M

10 Jan 29-31 43 $60.3K −37.3% 132 $457 $38.0M

11 Feb 5-7 44 $38.4K −36.4% 98 $391 $38.1M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Nov 25 #4 $3.3M — $3.3M 2,503 $1,326 -2

Thu Nov 26 #3 $4.6M +37.4% $7.9M 2,503 $1,822 -1

Fri Nov 27 #6 $5.6M +23.7% $13.5M 2,503 $2,253 1

Sat Nov 28 #6 $4.9M −13.7% $18.4M 2,503 $1,946 2

Sun Nov 29 #6 $2.8M −42.4% $21.2M 2,503 $1,121 3

Mon Nov 30 #4 $937.2K −66.6% $22.1M 2,503 $374 4

Tue Dec 1 #4 $997.2K +6.4% $23.1M 2,503 $398 5

Wed Dec 2 #4 $824.3K −17.3% $24.0M 2,503 $329 6

Thu Dec 3 #4 $808.2K −2.0% $24.8M 2,503 $323 7

Fri Dec 4 #8 $1.6M +103.8% −70.8% $26.4M 2,503 $658 8

Sat Dec 5 #9 $2.0M +22.3% −58.6% $28.4M 2,503 $805 9

Sun Dec 6 #8 $1.4M −30.5% −50.1% $29.8M 2,503 $559 10

Mon Dec 7 #6 $468.4K −66.5% −50.0% $30.3M 2,503 $187 11

Tue Dec 8 #7 $484.2K +3.4% −51.4% $30.8M 2,503 $193 12

Wed Dec 9 #6 $408.3K −15.7% −50.5% $31.2M 2,503 $163 13

Thu Dec 10 #6 $414.4K +1.5% −48.7% $31.6M 2,503 $166 14

Fri Dec 11 #10 $800.3K +93.1% −51.4% $32.4M 2,100 $381 15

Sat Dec 12 #10 $1.1M +41.5% −43.8% $33.5M 2,100 $539 16

Sun Dec 13 #10 $775.0K −31.6% −44.6% $34.3M 2,100 $369 17

Mon Dec 14 #9 $292.4K −62.3% −37.6% $34.6M 2,100 $139 18

Tue Dec 15 #10 $312.2K +6.8% −35.5% $34.9M 2,100 $149 19

Wed Dec 16 #10 $294.3K −5.7% −27.9% $35.2M 2,100 $140 20

Thu Dec 17 #10 $283.4K −3.7% −31.6% $35.5M 2,100 $135 21

Fri Dec 18 #14 $282.7K −0.3% −64.7% $35.8M 1,155 $245 22

Sat Dec 19 #15 $327.9K +16.0% −71.0% $36.1M 1,155 $284 23

Sun Dec 20 #14 $321.8K −1.9% −58.5% $36.4M 1,155 $279 24

Mon Dec 21 #15 $178.3K −44.6% −39.0% $36.6M 1,155 $154 25

Tue Dec 22 #16 $177.2K −0.6% −43.2% $36.8M 1,155 $153 26

Wed Dec 23 — $114.2K −35.6% −61.2% $36.9M 631 $181 27

Thu Dec 24 #18 $74.2K −35.0% −73.8% $37.0M 631 $118 28

Fri Dec 25 — $71.4K −3.8% −74.7% $37.0M 166 $430 29

Sat Dec 26 — $72.2K +1.1% −78.0% $37.1M 166 $435 30

Sun Dec 27 — $59.5K −17.6% −81.5% $37.2M 166 $359 31

Mon Dec 28 — $35.7K −40.0% −80.0% $37.2M 166 $215 32

Tue Dec 29 — $37.5K +5.0% −78.8% $37.2M 166 $226 33

Wed Dec 30 — $35.6K −5.0% −68.8% $37.3M 166 $215 34

Thu Dec 31 — $28.0K −21.3% −62.2% $37.3M 166 $169 35

Fri Jan 1 — $80.0K +185.5% +12.1% $37.4M 166 $482 36

Sat Jan 2 — $71.7K −10.4% −0.6% $37.5M 166 $432 37

Sun Jan 3 — $37.5K −47.7% −37.0% $37.5M 166 $226 38

Mon Jan 4 — $16.9K −55.0% −52.7% $37.5M 166 $102 39

Tue Jan 5 — $18.1K +7.0% −51.8% $37.5M 166 $109 40

Wed Jan 6 — $15.4K −15.0% −56.9% $37.5M 166 $93 41

Thu Jan 7 — $13.4K −13.0% −52.3% $37.6M 166 $80 42

Fri Jan 8 — $22.0K +64.5% −72.5% $37.6M 101 $218 43

Sat Jan 9 — $29.2K +33.0% −59.3% $37.6M 101 $289 44

Sun Jan 10 — $19.8K −32.2% −47.2% $37.6M 101 $196 45

Mon Jan 11 — $7.3K −63.0% −56.6% $37.6M 101 $73 46

Tue Jan 12 — $7.7K +5.2% −57.3% $37.6M 101 $76 47

Wed Jan 13 — $7.9K +2.0% −48.8% $37.7M 101 $78 48

Thu Jan 14 — $8.2K +3.7% −39.0% $37.7M 101 $81 49

Fri Jan 15 — $32.8K +302.4% +49.3% $37.7M 206 $159 50

Sat Jan 16 — $48.1K +46.6% +64.5% $37.7M 206 $233 51

Sun Jan 17 — $43.6K −9.3% +120.2% $37.8M 206 $212 52

Mon Jan 18 #34 $27.5K −37.0% +274.9% $37.8M 206 $133 53

Tue Jan 19 — $13.2K −52.0% +71.1% $37.8M 206 $64 54

Wed Jan 20 — $12.2K −7.8% +54.8% $37.8M 206 $59 55

Thu Jan 21 — $12.3K +1.0% +50.7% $37.8M 206 $60 56

Fri Jan 22 — $26.2K +113.2% −20.1% $37.9M 168 $156 57

Sat Jan 23 — $44.0K +67.9% −8.5% $37.9M 168 $262 58

Sun Jan 24 — $26.1K −40.7% −40.2% $37.9M 168 $155 59

Mon Jan 25 — $9.6K −63.1% −65.0% $38.0M 168 $57 60

Tue Jan 26 — $9.2K −4.0% −30.0% $38.0M 168 $55 61

Wed Jan 27 — $9.2K +0.1% −24.1% $38.0M 168 $55 62

Thu Jan 28 — $9.5K +3.0% −22.6% $38.0M 168 $57 63

Fri Jan 29 — $16.1K +69.1% −38.6% $38.0M 132 $122 64

Sat Jan 30 — $25.4K +58.0% −42.2% $38.0M 132 $193 65

Sun Jan 31 — $18.8K −25.8% −27.8% $38.0M 132 $143 66

Mon Feb 1 — $6.3K −66.5% −34.4% $38.0M 132 $48 67

Tue Feb 2 — $6.1K −3.0% −33.7% $38.1M 132 $46 68

Wed Feb 3 — $6.0K −2.0% −35.1% $38.1M 132 $45 69

Thu Feb 4 — $5.9K −1.0% −37.6% $38.1M 132 $45 70

Fri Feb 5 — $11.2K +89.3% −30.2% $38.1M 98 $115 71

Sat Feb 6 — $18.3K +63.0% −27.9% $38.1M 98 $187 72

Sun Feb 7 — $8.8K −52.0% −53.3% $38.1M 98 $90 73

Mon Feb 8 — $5.2K −40.4% −16.9% $38.1M 98 $54 74

Tue Feb 9 — $4.1K −22.0% −33.1% $38.1M 98 $42 75

Wed Feb 10 — $4.2K +2.0% −30.4% $38.1M 98 $43 76

Thu Feb 11 — $4.3K +3.0% −27.6% $38.1M 98 $44 77

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$38.1M

Nov 25Dec 13Dec 31Jan 17Feb 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $60.3K

$13.3M

$5.1M

$2.7M

$932.4K

$203.1K

$189.3K

$71.0K

$124.5K

$96.3K

$60.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,503 → 132 −94.7%

2,503 open132 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −37.3%

−62.0%

W1→2

−46.5%

W2→3

−65.6%

W3→4

−78.2%

W4→5

−6.8%

W5→6

−62.5%

W6→7

+75.3%

W7→8

−22.7%

W8→9

−37.3%

W9→10

Steepest −78.2%Biggest gain +75.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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