American Assassin (2017)

American Assassin
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $36,249,674Details
International Box Office $32,060,466Details
Worldwide Box Office $68,310,140
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $4,183,819 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $4,972,280 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $9,156,099
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Synopsis

Mitch Rapp is a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair is enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent to stop a mysterious operative intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$14,846,778 (41.0% of total gross)
Legs:2.44 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:53.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$63,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,154 opening theaters/3,154 max. theaters, 3.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $43,564,265

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 15th, 2017 (Wide) by Lionsgate
International Releases: September 14th, 2017 (Wide) (Israel)
September 14th, 2017 (Wide) (Middle East Region)
September 15th, 2017 (Wide) (Argentina)
September 15th, 2017 (Wide) (Australia)
September 15th, 2017 (Wide), released as Американски убиец (Bulgaria)
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Video Release: November 28th, 2017 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for language throughout, sexual content, drug use and some nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2491 (Cert #51101), 8/30/2017)
Running Time: 112 minutes
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Keywords: Secret Agent, Revenge, C.I.A., World War III, Set in Middle East, Terrorism, Action Thriller
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: CBS Films, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Nick Wechsler
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 15, 2017 2 $14,846,778   3,154 $4,707   $14,846,778 1
Sep 22, 2017 4 $6,255,617 -58% 3,154 $1,983   $26,185,076 2
Sep 29, 2017 7 $3,315,644 -47% 3,020 $1,098   $31,864,225 3
Oct 6, 2017 11 $1,388,305 -58% 1,656 $838   $34,449,582 4
Oct 13, 2017 15 $520,583 -63% 820 $635   $35,603,092 5
Oct 20, 2017 25 $163,292 -69% 312 $523   $35,972,458 6
Oct 27, 2017 39 $70,433 -57% 175 $402   $36,106,934 7
Nov 3, 2017 38 $78,316 +11% 159 $493   $36,214,422 8

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 14, 2017 P $915,000     2,400 $381   $915,000  
Sep 15, 2017 2 $5,783,488     3,154 $1,834   $5,783,488 1
Sep 16, 2017 2 $5,475,601 -5%   3,154 $1,736   $11,259,089 2
Sep 17, 2017 2 $3,587,689 -34%   3,154 $1,138   $14,846,778 3
Sep 18, 2017 2 $1,284,257 -64%   3,154 $407   $16,131,035 4
Sep 19, 2017 2 $1,802,102 +40%   3,154 $571   $17,933,137 5
Sep 20, 2017 2 $1,086,285 -40%   3,154 $344   $19,019,422 6
Sep 21, 2017 2 $910,037 -16%   3,154 $289   $19,929,459 7
Sep 22, 2017 4 $1,859,959 +104% -68% 3,154 $590   $21,789,418 8
Sep 23, 2017 4 $2,725,154 +47% -50% 3,154 $864   $24,514,572 9
Sep 24, 2017 4 $1,670,504 -39% -53% 3,154 $530   $26,185,076 10
Sep 25, 2017 4 $537,574 -68% -58% 3,154 $170   $26,722,650 11
Sep 26, 2017 5 $816,695 +52% -55% 3,154 $259   $27,539,345 12
Sep 27, 2017 4 $553,025 -32% -49% 3,154 $175   $28,092,370 13
Sep 28, 2017 4 $456,211 -18% -50% 3,154 $145   $28,548,581 14
Sep 29, 2017 7 $945,334 +107% -49% 3,020 $313   $29,493,915 15
Sep 30, 2017 6 $1,485,840 +57% -45% 3,020 $492   $30,979,755 16
Oct 1, 2017 6 $884,470 -40% -47% 3,020 $293   $31,864,225 17
Oct 2, 2017 6 $272,052 -69% -49% 3,020 $90   $32,136,277 18
Oct 3, 2017 6 $417,179 +53% -49% 3,020 $138   $32,553,456 19
Oct 4, 2017 8 $285,570 -32% -48% 3,020 $95   $32,839,026 20
Oct 5, 2017 7 $222,251 -22% -51% 3,020 $74   $33,061,277 21
Oct 6, 2017 11 $369,386 +66% -61% 1,656 $223   $33,430,663 22
Oct 7, 2017 11 $575,605 +56% -61% 1,656 $348   $34,006,268 23
Oct 8, 2017 11 $443,314 -23% -50% 1,656 $268   $34,449,582 24
Oct 9, 2017 11 $227,330 -49% -16% 1,656 $137   $34,676,912 25
Oct 10, 2017 11 $175,821 -23% -58% 1,656 $106   $34,852,733 26
Oct 11, 2017 11 $134,160 -24% -53% 1,656 $81   $34,986,893 27
Oct 12, 2017 11 $95,616 -29% -57% 1,656 $58   $35,082,509 28
Oct 13, 2017 15 $147,830 +55% -60% 820 $180   $35,230,339 29
Oct 14, 2017 15 $228,662 +55% -60% 820 $279   $35,459,001 30
Oct 15, 2017 15 $144,091 -37% -67% 820 $176   $35,603,092 31
Oct 16, 2017 15 $53,506 -63% -76% 820 $65   $35,656,598 32
Oct 17, 2017 15 $65,721 +23% -63% 820 $80   $35,722,319 33
Oct 18, 2017 15 $46,423 -29% -65% 820 $57   $35,768,742 34
Oct 19, 2017 15 $40,424 -13% -58% 820 $49   $35,809,166 35
Oct 20, 2017 - $46,566 +15% -69% 312 $149   $35,855,732 36
Oct 21, 2017 - $76,643 +65% -66% 312 $246   $35,932,375 37
Oct 22, 2017 - $40,083 -48% -72% 312 $128   $35,972,458 38
Oct 23, 2017 - $16,537 -59% -69% 312 $53   $35,988,995 39
Oct 24, 2017 - $19,034 +15% -71% 312 $61   $36,008,029 40
Oct 25, 2017 - $14,358 -25% -69% 312 $46   $36,022,387 41
Oct 26, 2017 - $14,114 -2% -65% 312 $45   $36,036,501 42
Oct 27, 2017 - $22,549 +60% -52% 175 $129   $36,059,050 43
Oct 28, 2017 - $30,865 +37% -60% 175 $176   $36,089,915 44
Oct 29, 2017 - $17,019 -45% -58% 175 $97   $36,106,934 45
Oct 30, 2017 - $6,985 -59% -58% 175 $40   $36,113,919 46
Oct 31, 2017 - $8,941 +28% -53% 175 $51   $36,122,860 47
Nov 1, 2017 - $6,382 -29% -56% 175 $36   $36,129,242 48
Nov 2, 2017 - $6,864 +8% -51% 175 $39   $36,136,106 49
Nov 3, 2017 - $21,510 +213% -5% 159 $135   $36,157,616 50
Nov 4, 2017 - $33,431 +55% +8% 159 $210   $36,191,047 51
Nov 5, 2017 - $23,375 -30% +37% 159 $147   $36,214,422 52
Nov 6, 2017 - $8,273 -65% +18% 159 $52   $36,222,695 53
Nov 7, 2017 - $9,929 +20% +11% 159 $62   $36,232,624 54
Nov 8, 2017 - $8,085 -19% +27% 159 $51   $36,240,709 55
Nov 9, 2017 - $8,965 +11% +31% 159 $56   $36,249,674 56

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 15, 2017 2 $19,929,459   3,154 $6,319   $19,929,459 1
Sep 22, 2017 4 $8,619,122 -57% 3,154 $2,733   $28,548,581 2
Sep 29, 2017 7 $4,512,696 -48% 3,020 $1,494   $33,061,277 3
Oct 6, 2017 11 $2,021,232 -55% 1,656 $1,221   $35,082,509 4
Oct 13, 2017 15 $726,657 -64% 820 $886   $35,809,166 5
Oct 20, 2017 25 $227,335 -69% 312 $729   $36,036,501 6
Oct 27, 2017 41 $99,605 -56% 175 $569   $36,136,106 7
Nov 3, 2017 34 $113,568 +14% 159 $714   $36,249,674 8

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 9/15/2017 $61,794 0 0 0 $102,794 1/1/2019
Australia 9/15/2017 $980,090 231 231 766 $2,504,535 10/14/2018
Belgium 10/13/2017 $229,000 0 0 0 $229,000 10/16/2017
Brazil 9/22/2017 $405,850 0 0 0 $709,944 6/26/2018
Bulgaria 9/15/2017 $17,337 0 0 0 $67,463 2/26/2019
Czech Republic 9/15/2017 $54,446 90 90 152 $102,752 1/1/2019
Finland 12/8/2017 $0 0 0 0 $65,349 1/23/2018
France 9/20/2017 $808,017 0 0 0 $2,148,706 9/23/2018
Germany 10/13/2017 $530,542 333 333 333 $1,511,391 6/29/2018
Hong Kong 9/29/2017 $183,107 31 31 31 $394,245 10/28/2018
Indonesia 9/15/2017 $293,822 0 0 0 $725,533 1/1/2019
Israel 9/14/2017 $0 0 0 0 $701,430 1/1/2019
Italy 11/23/2017 $638,656 0 0 0 $1,223,018 12/11/2017
Japan 6/29/2018 $0 0 67 67 $642,856 9/28/2018
Lithuania 9/15/2017 $18,234 103 103 143 $36,667 10/10/2017
Mexico 9/21/2017 $254,856 0 0 0 $872,710 10/12/2018
Middle East Region 9/14/2017 $0 0 0 0 $2,100,000 10/16/2017
Netherlands 10/13/2017 $261,081 81 81 341 $979,956 11/3/2018
New Zealand 9/15/2017 $115,871 62 62 190 $255,079 10/19/2017
Norway 11/3/2017 $0 0 0 0 $213,438 1/23/2018
Poland 9/15/2017 $213,113 0 0 0 $567,296 1/1/2019
Portugal 9/15/2017 $86,201 50 50 170 $279,279 11/2/2017
Russia (CIS) 9/29/2017 $668,328 1,015 1,023 2,181 $1,115,967 1/1/2019
Slovakia 9/15/2017 $39,833 67 67 103 $65,135 10/4/2017
South Korea 11/30/2017 $0 0 528 646 $1,491,161 1/9/2018
Spain 11/3/2017 $348,834 218 228 652 $861,332 10/30/2018
Switzerland (Italian Speaking) 11/23/2017 $0 0 0 0 $5,107 1/23/2018
Taiwan 9/15/2017 $391,369 60 60 60 $595,768 10/28/2018
Turkey 9/15/2017 $98,027 234 234 424 $227,330 2/26/2019
Ukraine 9/28/2017 $0 0 0 0 $251,617 1/1/2019
United Kingdom 9/15/2017 $1,044,061 433 433 1,078 $2,300,000 10/16/2017
 
Rest of World $8,713,608
 
International Total$32,060,466 2/26/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 10, 2017279,177 79,177$1,184,488$1,184,4882
Dec 17, 20171141,774-47% 120,951$624,939$1,809,4273
Dec 24, 20171938,237-8% 159,188$567,437$2,376,8644
Dec 31, 20171520,694-46% 179,882$306,064$2,682,9285
Jan 7, 20181114,754-29% 194,636$218,212$2,901,1406
Jan 14, 2018188,083-45% 202,719$119,548$3,020,6887
Jan 21, 2018247,787-4% 210,506$115,170$3,135,8588

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 10, 2017295,782 95,782$1,911,817$1,911,8172
Dec 17, 2017839,628-59% 135,410$781,234$2,693,0513
Dec 24, 20171741,894+6% 177,304$774,466$3,467,5174
Dec 31, 20171019,497-53% 196,801$377,122$3,844,6395
Jan 7, 2018149,622-51% 206,423$189,979$4,034,6186
Jan 14, 2018186,422-33% 212,845$126,838$4,161,4567

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Lead Ensemble Members

Dylan O’Brien    Mitch Rapp
Michael Keaton    Stan Hurley
Sanaa Lathan    Deputy Director Irene Kennedy
Shiva Negar    Annika
Taylor Kitsch    Ghost

Supporting Cast

David Suchet    Stansfield
Navid Negahban    Behurz
Scott Adkins    Victor
Tolga Safer    Kamil
Charlotte Vega    Katrina
Joseph Long    General Rostami
Mohammad Bakri    Ashani
Khalid Laith    Sharif
Sharif Dorani    Iranian Nuclear Physicist
Vladimir Friedman    Borys Bartosh
Alaa Safi    Javeed
Trevor White    Dr. Frain
Sydney White    Emily

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Michael Cuesta    Director
Stephen Schiff    Screenwriter
Michael Finch    Screenwriter
Edward Zwick    Screenwriter
Marshall Herskovitz    Screenwriter
Mitch Flynn    Story based on the American Assassin novel in the Mitch Rapp Series by
Lorenzo di Bonaventura    Producer
Nick Wechsler    Producer
Daniel M. Stillman    Executive Producer
Enrique Chediak    Director of Photography
Andrew Laws    Production Designer
Conrad Buff    Editor
Anna Sheppard    Costume Designer
Steven Price    Composer
Elaine Grainger    Casting Director

Home Market Releases for December 5th, 2017

December 5th, 2017

The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running

The week is deceptively strong. At first glance, Despicable Me 3 appears to have scared off all of the competition, but when you look deeper, there are a lot of contenders for Pick of the Week. These include Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, Better Watch Out, Princess Cyd, and others. In the end, I went with Long Time Running, which came out on DVD and Blu-ray last Friday. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Kingsman Earns Gold with $39.02 million

September 26th, 2017

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

The weekend box office was good, for a September weekend, but disappointing compared to expectations. Kingsman: The Golden Circle did earn first place, but with only $39.02 million. Granted, this is great for September, but $10 million less than our prediction, and our prediction wasn’t even on the high end of expectations. The Lego Ninjago Movie struggled in third place with $20.43 million. The shine has come off the Lego franchise. Fortunately, It continues to be strong and that helped the overall box office. We saw 5.6% growth from last weekend reaching $117 million. This is also 13% higher than the same weekend last year, so there’s clearly reason to celebrate. 2017 is still behind 2016 in the year-to-date comparison, but it closed the gap to 4.7% or $390 million at $7.94 billion to $8.33 billion. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases Earn Gold?

September 21st, 2017

The Lego Ninjago Movie

There are three wide releases coming out this week, which is one more than anticipated. Kingsman: The Golden Circle is widely expected to earn first place during the weekend, but The Lego Ninjago Movie is widely expected to have longer legs and that could give it the win overall. Meanwhile, Friend Request is just hoping to earn a spot in the top five. It’s not a sure bet that it will. Meanwhile, It will relinquish first spot and fall to third place, but still earn a ton of money. This weekend last year, the one-two punch of The Magnificent Seven and Storks helped the overall box office pull in $104 million. The top three films this year should earn more than that, to give 2017 another win. It will still take a lot to recover, but this result at least makes that possible. More...

International Box Office: War Comes to China and earns $61.07 million

September 21st, 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes returned to the top of the chart earning $62.9 million in 21 markets for totals of $287.9 million internationally and $433.8 worldwide. The film debuted in first place in China with $59.66 million over the weekend for a total opening of $61.07 million. More...

Contest: Assassinate the Competition: Winning Announcement

September 20th, 2017

American Assassin

The winners of our Assassinate the Competition contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for American Assassin’s opening weekend were... More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: It Eats the Competition

September 19th, 2017

It

It beat expectations again, earning $60.10 million over the weekend, which would have been an amazing opening weekend for a film that cost $35 million to make. American Assassin did okay, given its budget, while mother! struggled. Overall, the box office fell from last weekend, which is not surprising, given It’s monster opening last weekend. A decline of 32% is stark, but a weekend haul of $111 million is still great for this time of year. Compared to this weekend last year, 2017 won by a 24%, which is fantastic. Year-to-date, 2017 is still way behind by $410 million or 5.0% at $7.79 billion to $8.20 billion. However, 2017 has cut into 2016’s lead by $90 million in just two weeks, so you can’t complain about that. More...

Weekend Estimates: It Continues to Dominate as Openers Flounder

September 17th, 2017

It

It continues to be a powerhouse at the box office this weekend with a second-weekend $60 million expected by Warner Bros., off a very respectable 51% from its opening. Remarkably, that would comfortably have been the best weekend in September, were it not for the film’s $123 million opening last weekend. It’s already the highest-grossing film ever released in September, and should make it easily to $300 domestically. More...

Friday Estimates: It still has it with $19.2 million on Friday

September 16th, 2017

It

As expected, It dominated Friday with $19.2 million. Its running tally is $177.91 million after just 8 days of release, putting it in top spot on the all-time September chart. It looks to be on pace for $57 million over the full weekend, which is even better than expected, giving it a running tally of over $210 million. A 55% decline is excellent in this day and age, especially for a horror film, as the genre tends to have shorter legs. This will make it the 8th film released in 2017 to get to $200 million. It will also become only the fourth horror film to get to $200 million and just the 16th R-Rated film to reach that milestone. Furthermore, while next week’s competition is stronger, it is currently on pace to reach $300 million domestically, which is more than most people originally predicted it would earn worldwide. Perhaps this means we will be getting a big-budget At the Mountains of Madness adaptation after all. Previously, no studios wanted to make a big-budget R-rated horror movie, but this film proves they can be profitable. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Assassin Doesn’t Hit the Motherlode with $915,000 - Updated

September 15th, 2017

American Assassin

American Assassin earned $915,000 during its previews, which isn’t a lot, but it is also not unexpected. To put this into perspective, this is actually a little ahead of John Wick, which earned $870,000 before earning $14.42 million during its opening weekend. If American Assassin had the same legs, it would earn just over $15 million during its opening weekend. I think that’s a little too optimistic, as its reviews are mixed, while John Wick wowed critics. We predicted a $12 million opening weekend for this film and I remain confident in that number. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases Assassinate It? No.

September 15th, 2017

American Assassin

There are two wide releases debuting this week: American Assassin and mother! Neither is expected to match It at the box office. In fact, both combined won’t match It’s sophomore stint. Neither will earn as much in total as It does over just this weekend. This weekend last year, Sully led the way with $21.65 million, while the three new releases earned about $26 million combined. It should earn more than those four films earned combined, giving 2017 its second massive win in a row. More...

Contest: Do You Have It?: Winning Announcement

September 13th, 2017

It

The winners of our Do You Have It? contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for It’s opening weekend were... More...

Contest: Assassinate the Competition

September 8th, 2017

American Assassin

American Assassin and mother! are both expected to come close to $50 million during their domestic box office run. However, while neither film has a real advantage over the long term, American Assassin is expected to open faster and because of that, it is the target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening three-day weekend box office number for American Assassin.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize consisting of their choice of either one TV on DVD release, two movies, or a kids package (could be a theatrical release, a couple of single-disc TV on DVD releases, or a full season TV on DVD release). Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven’t won, or haven’t won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don’t delay! More...

2017 Preview: September

September 1st, 2017

It

As bad as July was, August actually managed to be worse. 2017 was over $300 million behind 2016’s pace during August alone. That’s worse than the rest of the summer combined. The only film that was an unqualified hit was Annabelle: Creation, although there were a couple of other films that are doing well enough to be considered financial hits. There’s some good news and some bad news for this September. The month gets off to a slow start with no wide releases the first weekend, but there are three films opening during the rest of the month that are expected to top $100 million and all three should be better than the best August had to offer. It is expected to be the biggest hit of the month and is tracking to break the record for the biggest September weekend. Both Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Lego Ninjago Movie are expected to cross $100 million, although they are opening the same weekend, so that could hurt both of their chances. Meanwhile last September, Sully was the biggest release of the month earning $125.07 million. It should top that, while Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Lego Ninjago Movie won’t be too far behind. 2017 should cut the gap with 2016, but sadly only by a little bit. More...

American Assassin Trailer

April 19th, 2017

Thriller starring Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, and Sanaa Lathan, directed by Michael Cuesta, opens September 15 ... Full Movie Details. More...


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Synopsis

Mitch Rapp is a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair is enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent to stop a mysterious operative intent on starting a World War in the Middle East.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$14,846,778 (41.0% of total gross)
Legs:2.44 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:53.1% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$63,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.1 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,154 opening theaters/3,154 max. theaters, 3.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $43,564,265

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: September 15th, 2017 (Wide) by Lionsgate
International Releases: September 14th, 2017 (Wide) (Israel)
September 14th, 2017 (Wide) (Middle East Region)
September 15th, 2017 (Wide) (Argentina)
September 15th, 2017 (Wide) (Australia)
September 15th, 2017 (Wide), released as Американски убиец (Bulgaria)
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Video Release: November 28th, 2017 by Universal Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for language throughout, sexual content, drug use and some nudity.
(Rating bulletin 2491 (Cert #51101), 8/30/2017)
Running Time: 112 minutes
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Keywords: Secret Agent, Revenge, C.I.A., World War III, Set in Middle East, Terrorism, Action Thriller
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: CBS Films, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Nick Wechsler
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Lead Ensemble Members

Dylan O’Brien    Mitch Rapp
Michael Keaton    Stan Hurley
Sanaa Lathan    Deputy Director Irene Kennedy
Shiva Negar    Annika
Taylor Kitsch    Ghost

Supporting Cast

David Suchet    Stansfield
Navid Negahban    Behurz
Scott Adkins    Victor
Tolga Safer    Kamil
Charlotte Vega    Katrina
Joseph Long    General Rostami
Mohammad Bakri    Ashani
Khalid Laith    Sharif
Sharif Dorani    Iranian Nuclear Physicist
Vladimir Friedman    Borys Bartosh
Alaa Safi    Javeed
Trevor White    Dr. Frain
Sydney White    Emily

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Michael Cuesta    Director
Stephen Schiff    Screenwriter
Michael Finch    Screenwriter
Edward Zwick    Screenwriter
Marshall Herskovitz    Screenwriter
Mitch Flynn    Story based on the American Assassin novel in the Mitch Rapp Series by
Lorenzo di Bonaventura    Producer
Nick Wechsler    Producer
Daniel M. Stillman    Executive Producer
Enrique Chediak    Director of Photography
Andrew Laws    Production Designer
Conrad Buff    Editor
Anna Sheppard    Costume Designer
Steven Price    Composer
Elaine Grainger    Casting Director

Home Market Releases for December 5th, 2017

December 5th, 2017

The Tragically Hip: Long Time Running

The week is deceptively strong. At first glance, Despicable Me 3 appears to have scared off all of the competition, but when you look deeper, there are a lot of contenders for Pick of the Week. These include Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series, Better Watch Out, Princess Cyd, and others. In the end, I went with Long Time Running, which came out on DVD and Blu-ray last Friday. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Kingsman Earns Gold with $39.02 million

September 26th, 2017

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

The weekend box office was good, for a September weekend, but disappointing compared to expectations. Kingsman: The Golden Circle did earn first place, but with only $39.02 million. Granted, this is great for September, but $10 million less than our prediction, and our prediction wasn’t even on the high end of expectations. The Lego Ninjago Movie struggled in third place with $20.43 million. The shine has come off the Lego franchise. Fortunately, It continues to be strong and that helped the overall box office. We saw 5.6% growth from last weekend reaching $117 million. This is also 13% higher than the same weekend last year, so there’s clearly reason to celebrate. 2017 is still behind 2016 in the year-to-date comparison, but it closed the gap to 4.7% or $390 million at $7.94 billion to $8.33 billion. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases Earn Gold?

September 21st, 2017

The Lego Ninjago Movie

There are three wide releases coming out this week, which is one more than anticipated. Kingsman: The Golden Circle is widely expected to earn first place during the weekend, but The Lego Ninjago Movie is widely expected to have longer legs and that could give it the win overall. Meanwhile, Friend Request is just hoping to earn a spot in the top five. It’s not a sure bet that it will. Meanwhile, It will relinquish first spot and fall to third place, but still earn a ton of money. This weekend last year, the one-two punch of The Magnificent Seven and Storks helped the overall box office pull in $104 million. The top three films this year should earn more than that, to give 2017 another win. It will still take a lot to recover, but this result at least makes that possible. More...

International Box Office: War Comes to China and earns $61.07 million

September 21st, 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes returned to the top of the chart earning $62.9 million in 21 markets for totals of $287.9 million internationally and $433.8 worldwide. The film debuted in first place in China with $59.66 million over the weekend for a total opening of $61.07 million. More...

Contest: Assassinate the Competition: Winning Announcement

September 20th, 2017

American Assassin

The winners of our Assassinate the Competition contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for American Assassin’s opening weekend were... More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: It Eats the Competition

September 19th, 2017

It

It beat expectations again, earning $60.10 million over the weekend, which would have been an amazing opening weekend for a film that cost $35 million to make. American Assassin did okay, given its budget, while mother! struggled. Overall, the box office fell from last weekend, which is not surprising, given It’s monster opening last weekend. A decline of 32% is stark, but a weekend haul of $111 million is still great for this time of year. Compared to this weekend last year, 2017 won by a 24%, which is fantastic. Year-to-date, 2017 is still way behind by $410 million or 5.0% at $7.79 billion to $8.20 billion. However, 2017 has cut into 2016’s lead by $90 million in just two weeks, so you can’t complain about that. More...

Weekend Estimates: It Continues to Dominate as Openers Flounder

September 17th, 2017

It

It continues to be a powerhouse at the box office this weekend with a second-weekend $60 million expected by Warner Bros., off a very respectable 51% from its opening. Remarkably, that would comfortably have been the best weekend in September, were it not for the film’s $123 million opening last weekend. It’s already the highest-grossing film ever released in September, and should make it easily to $300 domestically. More...

Friday Estimates: It still has it with $19.2 million on Friday

September 16th, 2017

It

As expected, It dominated Friday with $19.2 million. Its running tally is $177.91 million after just 8 days of release, putting it in top spot on the all-time September chart. It looks to be on pace for $57 million over the full weekend, which is even better than expected, giving it a running tally of over $210 million. A 55% decline is excellent in this day and age, especially for a horror film, as the genre tends to have shorter legs. This will make it the 8th film released in 2017 to get to $200 million. It will also become only the fourth horror film to get to $200 million and just the 16th R-Rated film to reach that milestone. Furthermore, while next week’s competition is stronger, it is currently on pace to reach $300 million domestically, which is more than most people originally predicted it would earn worldwide. Perhaps this means we will be getting a big-budget At the Mountains of Madness adaptation after all. Previously, no studios wanted to make a big-budget R-rated horror movie, but this film proves they can be profitable. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Assassin Doesn’t Hit the Motherlode with $915,000 - Updated

September 15th, 2017

American Assassin

American Assassin earned $915,000 during its previews, which isn’t a lot, but it is also not unexpected. To put this into perspective, this is actually a little ahead of John Wick, which earned $870,000 before earning $14.42 million during its opening weekend. If American Assassin had the same legs, it would earn just over $15 million during its opening weekend. I think that’s a little too optimistic, as its reviews are mixed, while John Wick wowed critics. We predicted a $12 million opening weekend for this film and I remain confident in that number. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases Assassinate It? No.

September 15th, 2017

American Assassin

There are two wide releases debuting this week: American Assassin and mother! Neither is expected to match It at the box office. In fact, both combined won’t match It’s sophomore stint. Neither will earn as much in total as It does over just this weekend. This weekend last year, Sully led the way with $21.65 million, while the three new releases earned about $26 million combined. It should earn more than those four films earned combined, giving 2017 its second massive win in a row. More...

Contest: Do You Have It?: Winning Announcement

September 13th, 2017

It

The winners of our Do You Have It? contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for It’s opening weekend were... More...

Contest: Assassinate the Competition

September 8th, 2017

American Assassin

American Assassin and mother! are both expected to come close to $50 million during their domestic box office run. However, while neither film has a real advantage over the long term, American Assassin is expected to open faster and because of that, it is the target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening three-day weekend box office number for American Assassin.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize consisting of their choice of either one TV on DVD release, two movies, or a kids package (could be a theatrical release, a couple of single-disc TV on DVD releases, or a full season TV on DVD release). Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film’s opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven’t won, or haven’t won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don’t delay! More...

2017 Preview: September

September 1st, 2017

It

As bad as July was, August actually managed to be worse. 2017 was over $300 million behind 2016’s pace during August alone. That’s worse than the rest of the summer combined. The only film that was an unqualified hit was Annabelle: Creation, although there were a couple of other films that are doing well enough to be considered financial hits. There’s some good news and some bad news for this September. The month gets off to a slow start with no wide releases the first weekend, but there are three films opening during the rest of the month that are expected to top $100 million and all three should be better than the best August had to offer. It is expected to be the biggest hit of the month and is tracking to break the record for the biggest September weekend. Both Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Lego Ninjago Movie are expected to cross $100 million, although they are opening the same weekend, so that could hurt both of their chances. Meanwhile last September, Sully was the biggest release of the month earning $125.07 million. It should top that, while Kingsman: The Golden Circle and The Lego Ninjago Movie won’t be too far behind. 2017 should cut the gap with 2016, but sadly only by a little bit. More...

American Assassin Trailer

April 19th, 2017

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 15, 2017 2 $14,846,778   3,154 $4,707   $14,846,778 1
Sep 22, 2017 4 $6,255,617 -58% 3,154 $1,983   $26,185,076 2
Sep 29, 2017 7 $3,315,644 -47% 3,020 $1,098   $31,864,225 3
Oct 6, 2017 11 $1,388,305 -58% 1,656 $838   $34,449,582 4
Oct 13, 2017 15 $520,583 -63% 820 $635   $35,603,092 5
Oct 20, 2017 25 $163,292 -69% 312 $523   $35,972,458 6
Oct 27, 2017 39 $70,433 -57% 175 $402   $36,106,934 7
Nov 3, 2017 38 $78,316 +11% 159 $493   $36,214,422 8

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Sep 14, 2017 P $915,000     2,400 $381   $915,000  
Sep 15, 2017 2 $5,783,488     3,154 $1,834   $5,783,488 1
Sep 16, 2017 2 $5,475,601 -5%   3,154 $1,736   $11,259,089 2
Sep 17, 2017 2 $3,587,689 -34%   3,154 $1,138   $14,846,778 3
Sep 18, 2017 2 $1,284,257 -64%   3,154 $407   $16,131,035 4
Sep 19, 2017 2 $1,802,102 +40%   3,154 $571   $17,933,137 5
Sep 20, 2017 2 $1,086,285 -40%   3,154 $344   $19,019,422 6
Sep 21, 2017 2 $910,037 -16%   3,154 $289   $19,929,459 7
Sep 22, 2017 4 $1,859,959 +104% -68% 3,154 $590   $21,789,418 8
Sep 23, 2017 4 $2,725,154 +47% -50% 3,154 $864   $24,514,572 9
Sep 24, 2017 4 $1,670,504 -39% -53% 3,154 $530   $26,185,076 10
Sep 25, 2017 4 $537,574 -68% -58% 3,154 $170   $26,722,650 11
Sep 26, 2017 5 $816,695 +52% -55% 3,154 $259   $27,539,345 12
Sep 27, 2017 4 $553,025 -32% -49% 3,154 $175   $28,092,370 13
Sep 28, 2017 4 $456,211 -18% -50% 3,154 $145   $28,548,581 14
Sep 29, 2017 7 $945,334 +107% -49% 3,020 $313   $29,493,915 15
Sep 30, 2017 6 $1,485,840 +57% -45% 3,020 $492   $30,979,755 16
Oct 1, 2017 6 $884,470 -40% -47% 3,020 $293   $31,864,225 17
Oct 2, 2017 6 $272,052 -69% -49% 3,020 $90   $32,136,277 18
Oct 3, 2017 6 $417,179 +53% -49% 3,020 $138   $32,553,456 19
Oct 4, 2017 8 $285,570 -32% -48% 3,020 $95   $32,839,026 20
Oct 5, 2017 7 $222,251 -22% -51% 3,020 $74   $33,061,277 21
Oct 6, 2017 11 $369,386 +66% -61% 1,656 $223   $33,430,663 22
Oct 7, 2017 11 $575,605 +56% -61% 1,656 $348   $34,006,268 23
Oct 8, 2017 11 $443,314 -23% -50% 1,656 $268   $34,449,582 24
Oct 9, 2017 11 $227,330 -49% -16% 1,656 $137   $34,676,912 25
Oct 10, 2017 11 $175,821 -23% -58% 1,656 $106   $34,852,733 26
Oct 11, 2017 11 $134,160 -24% -53% 1,656 $81   $34,986,893 27
Oct 12, 2017 11 $95,616 -29% -57% 1,656 $58   $35,082,509 28
Oct 13, 2017 15 $147,830 +55% -60% 820 $180   $35,230,339 29
Oct 14, 2017 15 $228,662 +55% -60% 820 $279   $35,459,001 30
Oct 15, 2017 15 $144,091 -37% -67% 820 $176   $35,603,092 31
Oct 16, 2017 15 $53,506 -63% -76% 820 $65   $35,656,598 32
Oct 17, 2017 15 $65,721 +23% -63% 820 $80   $35,722,319 33
Oct 18, 2017 15 $46,423 -29% -65% 820 $57   $35,768,742 34
Oct 19, 2017 15 $40,424 -13% -58% 820 $49   $35,809,166 35
Oct 20, 2017 - $46,566 +15% -69% 312 $149   $35,855,732 36
Oct 21, 2017 - $76,643 +65% -66% 312 $246   $35,932,375 37
Oct 22, 2017 - $40,083 -48% -72% 312 $128   $35,972,458 38
Oct 23, 2017 - $16,537 -59% -69% 312 $53   $35,988,995 39
Oct 24, 2017 - $19,034 +15% -71% 312 $61   $36,008,029 40
Oct 25, 2017 - $14,358 -25% -69% 312 $46   $36,022,387 41
Oct 26, 2017 - $14,114 -2% -65% 312 $45   $36,036,501 42
Oct 27, 2017 - $22,549 +60% -52% 175 $129   $36,059,050 43
Oct 28, 2017 - $30,865 +37% -60% 175 $176   $36,089,915 44
Oct 29, 2017 - $17,019 -45% -58% 175 $97   $36,106,934 45
Oct 30, 2017 - $6,985 -59% -58% 175 $40   $36,113,919 46
Oct 31, 2017 - $8,941 +28% -53% 175 $51   $36,122,860 47
Nov 1, 2017 - $6,382 -29% -56% 175 $36   $36,129,242 48
Nov 2, 2017 - $6,864 +8% -51% 175 $39   $36,136,106 49
Nov 3, 2017 - $21,510 +213% -5% 159 $135   $36,157,616 50
Nov 4, 2017 - $33,431 +55% +8% 159 $210   $36,191,047 51
Nov 5, 2017 - $23,375 -30% +37% 159 $147   $36,214,422 52
Nov 6, 2017 - $8,273 -65% +18% 159 $52   $36,222,695 53
Nov 7, 2017 - $9,929 +20% +11% 159 $62   $36,232,624 54
Nov 8, 2017 - $8,085 -19% +27% 159 $51   $36,240,709 55
Nov 9, 2017 - $8,965 +11% +31% 159 $56   $36,249,674 56

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Sep 15, 2017 2 $19,929,459   3,154 $6,319   $19,929,459 1
Sep 22, 2017 4 $8,619,122 -57% 3,154 $2,733   $28,548,581 2
Sep 29, 2017 7 $4,512,696 -48% 3,020 $1,494   $33,061,277 3
Oct 6, 2017 11 $2,021,232 -55% 1,656 $1,221   $35,082,509 4
Oct 13, 2017 15 $726,657 -64% 820 $886   $35,809,166 5
Oct 20, 2017 25 $227,335 -69% 312 $729   $36,036,501 6
Oct 27, 2017 41 $99,605 -56% 175 $569   $36,136,106 7
Nov 3, 2017 34 $113,568 +14% 159 $714   $36,249,674 8

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 9/15/2017 $61,794 0 0 0 $102,794 1/1/2019
Australia 9/15/2017 $980,090 231 231 766 $2,504,535 10/14/2018
Belgium 10/13/2017 $229,000 0 0 0 $229,000 10/16/2017
Brazil 9/22/2017 $405,850 0 0 0 $709,944 6/26/2018
Bulgaria 9/15/2017 $17,337 0 0 0 $67,463 2/26/2019
Czech Republic 9/15/2017 $54,446 90 90 152 $102,752 1/1/2019
Finland 12/8/2017 $0 0 0 0 $65,349 1/23/2018
France 9/20/2017 $808,017 0 0 0 $2,148,706 9/23/2018
Germany 10/13/2017 $530,542 333 333 333 $1,511,391 6/29/2018
Hong Kong 9/29/2017 $183,107 31 31 31 $394,245 10/28/2018
Indonesia 9/15/2017 $293,822 0 0 0 $725,533 1/1/2019
Israel 9/14/2017 $0 0 0 0 $701,430 1/1/2019
Italy 11/23/2017 $638,656 0 0 0 $1,223,018 12/11/2017
Japan 6/29/2018 $0 0 67 67 $642,856 9/28/2018
Lithuania 9/15/2017 $18,234 103 103 143 $36,667 10/10/2017
Mexico 9/21/2017 $254,856 0 0 0 $872,710 10/12/2018
Middle East Region 9/14/2017 $0 0 0 0 $2,100,000 10/16/2017
Netherlands 10/13/2017 $261,081 81 81 341 $979,956 11/3/2018
New Zealand 9/15/2017 $115,871 62 62 190 $255,079 10/19/2017
Norway 11/3/2017 $0 0 0 0 $213,438 1/23/2018
Poland 9/15/2017 $213,113 0 0 0 $567,296 1/1/2019
Portugal 9/15/2017 $86,201 50 50 170 $279,279 11/2/2017
Russia (CIS) 9/29/2017 $668,328 1,015 1,023 2,181 $1,115,967 1/1/2019
Slovakia 9/15/2017 $39,833 67 67 103 $65,135 10/4/2017
South Korea 11/30/2017 $0 0 528 646 $1,491,161 1/9/2018
Spain 11/3/2017 $348,834 218 228 652 $861,332 10/30/2018
Switzerland (Italian Speaking) 11/23/2017 $0 0 0 0 $5,107 1/23/2018
Taiwan 9/15/2017 $391,369 60 60 60 $595,768 10/28/2018
Turkey 9/15/2017 $98,027 234 234 424 $227,330 2/26/2019
Ukraine 9/28/2017 $0 0 0 0 $251,617 1/1/2019
United Kingdom 9/15/2017 $1,044,061 433 433 1,078 $2,300,000 10/16/2017
 
Rest of World $8,713,608
 
International Total$32,060,466 2/26/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 10, 2017279,177 79,177$1,184,488$1,184,4882
Dec 17, 20171141,774-47% 120,951$624,939$1,809,4273
Dec 24, 20171938,237-8% 159,188$567,437$2,376,8644
Dec 31, 20171520,694-46% 179,882$306,064$2,682,9285
Jan 7, 20181114,754-29% 194,636$218,212$2,901,1406
Jan 14, 2018188,083-45% 202,719$119,548$3,020,6887
Jan 21, 2018247,787-4% 210,506$115,170$3,135,8588

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 10, 2017295,782 95,782$1,911,817$1,911,8172
Dec 17, 2017839,628-59% 135,410$781,234$2,693,0513
Dec 24, 20171741,894+6% 177,304$774,466$3,467,5174
Dec 31, 20171019,497-53% 196,801$377,122$3,844,6395
Jan 7, 2018149,622-51% 206,423$189,979$4,034,6186
Jan 14, 2018186,422-33% 212,845$126,838$4,161,4567

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