Death Wish
Vigilante, city style — judge, jury, and executioner.
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
- Director
- Michael Winner
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $77M
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After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
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Box Office & Release
Death Wish returned 25.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $77M
- Release date
- Jul 24, 1974
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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