Assassination

2015 | Action, Drama, Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

While Korea is occupied by the Japanese Army in 1933, the resistance plans to kill the Japanese Commander. But their plan is threatened by a traitor within their group and also the enemies' forces are hunting them down.

Scores

Overall Score
70.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
50.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
89.7%
Review Aggregate
80.6

Critic Consensus

83.3% Fresh • 12 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 83% of 12 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize historical, visually striking, stylized. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

historicalvisually strikingstylizedemotionalcharacter-drivensuspensefulaction-packed

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Jun Ji-hyun2015$1,150,000$1,522,000(est)
Lee Jung-jae2015$708,000$937,000(est)
Ha Jung-woo2015$533,000$706,000(est)
Oh Dal-su2015$436,000$577,000(est)
Cho Jin-woong2015$373,000$493,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score83.0
RT critic review count12
Rotten Tomatoes audience score84.0
RT audience rating count1,000
IMDb rating7.2
IMDb votes8,555

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2015$1,904,682$2,521,092
International2015$94,215,091$124,705,798
Worldwide2015$96,119,773$127,226,889

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2015$38,638,377$51,142,865
Digital Rentals ?2015$2,704,000$3,579,092
Digital Purchases ?2015$2,836,000$3,753,811
Physical Rentals ?2015$3,068,000$4,060,893
Physical Purchases ?2015$8,221,000$10,881,551
TV & Streaming Revenue2015$761,873$1,008,437
Total Revenues2015$56,229,250$74,426,649
Expenses
Budget ?2015$16,000,000$21,178,059
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2015$9,797,000 (est)$12,967,590 (est)
Participations2015$4,498,000$5,953,682
Residuals ?2015$1,034,000$1,368,632
Interest & Overhead2015$3,200,000$4,235,612
Total Expenses2015$34,529,000$45,703,575
Movie Net Profit or Loss2015$21,700,250$28,723,074

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