Hong Kong The Hitman's Bodyguard returned 5.9× its production cost, earning $176.6M against a $30.0M budget — one of the highest-return Hong Kong films in our catalog.
Synopsis
“Everyone's out to get them… If they don't kill each other first.”
The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
Audience Engagement
5,732 audience reviews — more than 100% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 97th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 58m runtime, production spent $254K per minute on screen and earned $1.5M per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Hitman's Bodyguard. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Comedy in Hong Kong
150 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Hitman's Bodyguard itself).
The 2016–2018 Hong Kong Window
The Hitman's Bodyguard holds position #9 of 45 Hong Kong films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Hong Kong, 166 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Hitman's Bodyguard premiered alongside 14 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 2017.
The 787th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Hitman's Bodyguard, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- buddy comedy · 4
- on the run · 3
- opposites attract · 2
- testify · 1
- hitman · 30
- criminal · 27
- england · 21
- travel · 21
- killer · 20
- court · 15
- courtroom · 11
- bodyguard · 10
- assassin · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #149 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #85 of 516 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Bulgaria, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Netherlands, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | French, English, Russian |
| Production Companies | Campbell Grobman Films, East Light Media, Nu Boyana Film Studios, Tom de Mol Productions, Summit Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | August 16, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt1959563 |
| Official Site | thehitmansbodyguard.movie |