Nikita
She murders. So she can live.
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
- Director
- Luc Besson
- Worldwide
- $5M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Nikita returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Feb 21, 1990
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- France, Italy
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