The Jackal
How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
- Director
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Worldwide
- $159M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
34 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Jackal returned 2.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $60M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $159M
- Release date
- Nov 14, 1997
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Russian
- Country
- United States of America
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