The Foreigner
Never push a good man too far.
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing.His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
- Director
- Martin Campbell
- Worldwide
- $145M
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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Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Foreigner returned 4.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $35M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $145M
- Release date
- Sep 28, 2017
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Mandarin
- Country
- Switzerland, China
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