The Assassin (刺客聶隱娘) (2015)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $632,542Details
International Box Office $10,647,342
Worldwide Box Office $11,279,884
Domestic Physical Disc Sales
DVD Sales (estimated) $71,544
Blu-ray Sales (estimated) $150,131
Total $221,675
Further financial details...

Synopsis

In 9th-century China, Nie Yinniang is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be. She must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings in a choice to sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. Rich with shimmering, breathing texture and punctuated by brief but unforgettable bursts of action, THE ASSASSIN is a martial arts film like none made before it.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$47,892 (7.6% of total gross)
Legs:8.82 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:5.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$15,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/53 max. theaters, 2.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $897,419

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 16th, 2015 (Limited) by Well Go USA, released as The Assassin
International Releases: August 27th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie yin niang (Hong Kong)
August 27th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie Yin Niang (China)
August 28th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie yin niang (Taiwan)
September 10th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie yin niang (Singapore)
September 10th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie yin niang (Thailand)
Video Release: January 26th, 2016 by Well Go USA Video, released as The Assassin
MPA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 104 minutes
Plot point: Child Murderer, Hitmen
Social setting: Wuxia
Subgenre: Historical Drama
Time period setting: Ancient China, Tang Dynasty
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: SpotFilms, Central Motion Picture Co., Sil-Metropole Organisation, Wild Bunch, China Dream Film Culture Industry, Media Asia Films, Zhejiang Huace Films & TV Co.
Production Countries: Taiwan, Province of China
Languages: Mandarin

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 16, 2015 41 $47,892   4 $11,973   $47,892 1
Oct 23, 2015 37 $65,180 +36% 21 $3,104   $134,006 2
Nov 6, 2015 37 $71,716   53 $1,353   $392,612 4
Nov 20, 2015 45 $24,164   26 $929   $530,665 6
Dec 4, 2015 48 $19,549   9 $2,172   $595,350 8
Dec 11, 2015 48 $13,353 -32% 9 $1,484   $617,059 9
Dec 18, 2015 51 $9,875 -26% 7 $1,411   $632,542 10

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 16, 2015 44 $68,826   4 $17,207   $68,826 1
Oct 23, 2015 37 $97,435 +42% 21 $4,640   $166,261 2
Oct 30, 2015 33 $158,183 +62% 49 $3,228   $320,896 3
Nov 20, 2015 49 $39,137   26 $1,505   $545,638 6
Dec 4, 2015 48 $27,095   9 $3,011   $603,706 8
Dec 11, 2015 48 $18,961 -30% 9 $2,107   $622,667 9

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.


Synopsis

In 9th-century China, Nie Yinniang is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be. She must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings in a choice to sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. Rich with shimmering, breathing texture and punctuated by brief but unforgettable bursts of action, THE ASSASSIN is a martial arts film like none made before it.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$47,892 (7.6% of total gross)
Legs:8.82 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:5.6% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$15,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)
Theater counts:4 opening theaters/53 max. theaters, 2.4 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $897,419

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: October 16th, 2015 (Limited) by Well Go USA, released as The Assassin
International Releases: August 27th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie yin niang (Hong Kong)
August 27th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie Yin Niang (China)
August 28th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie yin niang (Taiwan)
September 10th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie yin niang (Singapore)
September 10th, 2015 (Wide), released as Nie yin niang (Thailand)
Video Release: January 26th, 2016 by Well Go USA Video, released as The Assassin
MPA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 104 minutes
Plot point: Child Murderer, Hitmen
Social setting: Wuxia
Subgenre: Historical Drama
Time period setting: Ancient China, Tang Dynasty
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: SpotFilms, Central Motion Picture Co., Sil-Metropole Organisation, Wild Bunch, China Dream Film Culture Industry, Media Asia Films, Zhejiang Huace Films & TV Co.
Production Countries: Taiwan, Province of China
Languages: Mandarin

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 16, 2015 41 $47,892   4 $11,973   $47,892 1
Oct 23, 2015 37 $65,180 +36% 21 $3,104   $134,006 2
Nov 6, 2015 37 $71,716   53 $1,353   $392,612 4
Nov 20, 2015 45 $24,164   26 $929   $530,665 6
Dec 4, 2015 48 $19,549   9 $2,172   $595,350 8
Dec 11, 2015 48 $13,353 -32% 9 $1,484   $617,059 9
Dec 18, 2015 51 $9,875 -26% 7 $1,411   $632,542 10

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Oct 16, 2015 44 $68,826   4 $17,207   $68,826 1
Oct 23, 2015 37 $97,435 +42% 21 $4,640   $166,261 2
Oct 30, 2015 33 $158,183 +62% 49 $3,228   $320,896 3
Nov 20, 2015 49 $39,137   26 $1,505   $545,638 6
Dec 4, 2015 48 $27,095   9 $3,011   $603,706 8
Dec 11, 2015 48 $18,961 -30% 9 $2,107   $622,667 9

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.