Australia Box Office for The Assassin (2015)
| Theatrical Performance (US$) | ||
| Australia Box Office | $43,086 | Details |
| Worldwide Box Office | $11,279,884 | Details |
| Home Market Performance | ||
| North America DVD Sales | $66,678 | Details |
| North America Blu-ray Sales | $146,155 | Details |
| Total North America Video Sales | $212,833 | |
| 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.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Australia Releases: | November 5th, 2015 (Wide), released as The Assassin |
| Video Release: | January 26th, 2016 by Well Go USA Video |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 104 minutes |
| Keywords: | Child Murderer, Hitmen, Wuxia, Ancient China, Tang Dynasty, Historical Drama |
| Source: | Remake |
| 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 |
2015 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations
January 9th, 2016
The BAFTA nominations were announced and you can read them on their site... in alphabetical order. Alphabetical order is very useful in most circumstances, but not here. On the other hand, the nominees within each category are not presented in alphabetical order. ... Are the BAFTAs trolling us? As for the actual nominees, the big winners here are Bridge of Spies and Carol, both of which earned nine nominations. For Carol, this is just another impressive score, but this was a pleasant surprise for Bridge of Spies.
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Per Theater Chart: Very Little Room at the Top
October 21st, 2015
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Room was in a close race for top spot on the per theater with last week's winner, but it came out on top with an average of $29,575 in four theaters. Steve Jobs was right behind with an average of $25,212 in 60. This film is going to expand wide this weekend and could lead the weekend. The Assassin earned an average of $11,973 in four theaters, which is strong for a foreign-language film. Meanwhile, Truth was right behind with an average of $11,039 in six.
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Weekend Estimates: Goosebumps Set to Win Tight Race
October 18th, 2015
A slightly-softer-than-expected (but still good) opening for Goosebumps will be enough to take the film to the top of the box office chart this weekend, according to studio projections released on Sunday morning. Sony expects the family horror adventure to come in with $23.5 million on opening weekend, which is a solid enough start, and sets the film up for a good run, helped by strong reviews and Halloween coming up in a couple of weeks. The Martian will land in second with a projected $21.5 million as of this morning, a slightly steeper-than-expected 42% decline from last weekend, and a total to date around $144 million. In general, we’re looking at quite a few steep drops from last weekend thanks to an unfavorable comparison with the Columbus Day long weekend and a batch of new releases.
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Limited and VOD Releases: Make Room for Limited Releases
October 16th, 2015
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It is a fantastic week for limited releases with a number of movies in various genres that are earning impressive reviews / loud buzz. There's documentaries (All Things Must Pass and A Ballerina's Tale); horror (Tales of Halloween); action (The Assassin); and even a potential Oscar winner (Room).
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/11/06 | 39 | $4,907 | 1 | $4,907 | $4,907 | 1 | |
| 2015/11/13 | 48 | $2,513 | -49% | 1 | $2,513 | $10,154 | 2 |
| 2015/11/20 | 49 | $1,902 | -24% | 1 | $1,902 | $14,058 | 3 |
| 2015/11/27 | 36 | $3,647 | +92% | 2 | $1,824 | $18,892 | 4 |
| 2015/12/04 | 50 | $2,335 | -36% | 2 | $1,168 | $23,820 | 5 |
| 2015/12/11 | 36 | $4,490 | +92% | 3 | $1,497 | $29,110 | 6 |
| 2015/12/18 | 34 | $3,101 | -31% | 3 | $1,034 | $34,284 | 7 |
| 2015/12/25 | 40 | $1,351 | -56% | 1 | $1,351 | $38,261 | 8 |
| 2016/01/01 | 42 | $1,746 | +29% | 1 | $1,746 | $41,197 | 9 |
| 2016/01/08 | 51 | $746 | -57% | 1 | $746 | $41,145 | 10 |
| 2016/01/15 | 62 | $154 | -79% | 1 | $154 | $43,086 | 11 |
Box Office Summary Per Territory
| Territory | Release Date |
Opening Weekend |
Opening Weekend Screens |
Maximum Screens |
Theatrical Engagements |
Total Box Office |
Report Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 11/5/2015 | $4,907 | 1 | 3 | 17 | $43,086 | 6/9/2016 |
| Belgium | 2/24/2016 | $14,856 | 8 | 10 | 27 | $57,185 | 6/9/2016 |
| Brazil | 5/13/2016 | $17,432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $48,634 | 11/15/2018 |
| China | 8/27/2015 | $4,130,000 | 17686 | 17686 | 21171 | $8,620,000 | 9/17/2018 |
| Hong Kong | 8/27/2015 | $68,523 | 11 | 11 | 33 | $211,053 | 10/20/2015 |
| New Zealand | 12/11/2015 | $0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | $8,365 | 6/9/2016 |
| North America | 10/16/2015 | $47,892 | 4 | 53 | 129 | $632,542 | |
| Poland | 3/18/2016 | $5,947 | 7 | 7 | 7 | $5,947 | 12/31/2018 |
| Singapore | 9/10/2015 | $50,272 | 9 | 9 | 33 | $104,207 | 6/9/2016 |
| South Korea | 2/5/2016 | $21,898 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $91,089 | 9/10/2018 |
| Spain | 11/27/2015 | $15,943 | 6 | 9 | 56 | $61,290 | 6/9/2016 |
| Sweden | 1/15/2016 | $10,013 | 16 | 16 | 16 | $10,013 | 6/9/2016 |
| Taiwan | 8/28/2015 | $389,535 | 60 | 66 | 232 | $1,083,809 | 11/4/2018 |
| Thailand | 9/10/2015 | $4,959 | 3 | 3 | 7 | $4,959 | 9/22/2015 |
| Turkey | 4/1/2016 | $3,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $6,979 | 12/31/2018 |
| United Kingdom | 1/22/2016 | $109,518 | 23 | 23 | 72 | $290,726 | 6/9/2016 |
| Worldwide Total | $11,279,884 | 12/31/2018 | |||||
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.
Leading Cast
| Shu Qi | Nie Yinniang |
Supporting Cast
| Chen Chang | Lord Tian Ji’an |
| Zhou Yun | Lady Tian |
| Satoshi Tsumabuki | The Mirror Polisher |
| Juan Ching-tian | Xia Jing |
| Hsieh Hsin-ying | Lord Tian’s Concubine |
| Sheu Fang-yi | Jiaxin |
| Ni Dahong | Nie Feng |
| Mei Yong | Yinniang’s Mother |
| Jacques Picoux | Lady Tian’s Teacher |
For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.
Production and Technical Credits
| Hou Hsiao-hsien | Director |
| Hou Hsiao-hsien | Screenwriter |
| Chu Tien wen | Screenwriter |
| Hsieh Hai meng | Screenwriter |
| Hou Hsiao-hsien | Producer |
| Stephen Shin | Producer |
| Wen-Ying Huang | Producer |
| Chen Yiqi | Producer |
| Stephen Lam | Producer |
| Mark Lee Ping Bin | Cinematographer |