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Assassination 1987

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1987
 88 minutes (1 hrs 28 mins)
Cast and Director

Directed by

Peter R. Hunt

Starring

Charles Bronson / Jill Ireland / Stephen Elliott / Jan Gan Boyd / Randy Brooks / James Lemp / Michael Ansara / James Staley / Kathryn Leigh Scott / James Acheson
Release dates
US release date US release: 9th January 1987
France release date France release: 15th April 1987
Colombia release date Colombia release: 25th June 1987
Box Office Quickview

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 7th Aug '15
  • Debut position: 22
  • Highest position: 22
  • Debut gross: $287.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 9
Certificates

12 age rating

Assassination PG-13 age rating 

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Total grosses
UK total gross
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US total gross
United States Flag  $1.9 Million
Global total gross
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News from around the web

Depicting a fictionalised version of the life of Marilyn Monroe adapted from the book Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, the movie has been given an 18 age rating in the UK for sexual violence, strong sex, domestic abuse

The movie stars Ana de Armas who is most famous for starring in Knives Out and her scene stealing extended cameo in No Time To Die, the movie also stars Adrien Brody from Hollywoodland and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

The movie is adapted by and directed by Andrew Dominik who directed the critically acclaimed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

Movie Synopsis

A fictionalised look at the rise to fame and the epic demise of actress Marilyn Monroe, one of the biggest stars in the world. The movie is based on the 2000 book of the same name by author Joyce Carol Oates.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: Blonde
  • BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
  • Reason: sexual violence, strong sex, domestic abuse
  • Release date: 23rd September 2022 (Netflix)
  • Runtime: 166 minutes (2 hour 36 minutes)
  • Directed by:
    • Andrew Dominik
  • Starring:
    • Ana de Armas
    • Adrien Brody
    • Garret Dillahunt

BBFC movie page

The first trailer and poster has been released for upcoming movie Blonde which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Synopsis for Blonde

A fictionalised look at the rise to fame and the epic demise of actress Marilyn Monroe, one of the biggest stars in the world.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

The reunion of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence is proving to be a good one as Bad Boys For Life remains at the top of the global charts for a second weekend while South Korean movie The Man Standing Next is the top new film of the week at number 5.

Bad Boys For Life

The cop buddy movie directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah that was 17 years in the making remains at the top of the global box office this weekend with a gross of $76 Million from 59 countries.

This pushes the movies total global gross to $215.6 Million after 2 weeks of release.

1917

Director Sam Mandes war movie sits at number 2 again this week as the movie makes $39.5 Million over the weekend from 31 countries.

As the film picks up more awards before the Oscars this puts the movies total global gross at $200 Million after 3 weeks.

Dolittle

Despite the slow start the Robert Downey Jr. starring movie is still at number 3 this week with a weekend take of $25.7 Million from 56 countries.

The film has now taken $91 Million after 3 weeks of release and will make over $100 Million in total in the coming days.

Jumanji: The Next Level

Hanging onto a place on the top 5 is the Dwayne Johnson starring movie with takes $17.5 Milion from 61 countries.

The film has now taken $737.4 Million over 8 weeks and altohugh will not go over the magic $1 Billion mark has performed well.

The Man Standing Next

Based on a true story of the assassination of South Korean President Park the Woo Min-ho directed movie lands at number 5 with a weekend gross of $15.8 Million from a single country release.

Mission:Impossible has done impressive numbers across the world this week, and as the summer season starts to draw to a close Tom Cruise is number 1.

One of the lowest opening grosses of the summer, but still $121 million world gross from 41 countries safely sees Mission:Impossible Rogue Nation become the top film of the week.

Minions starts to slow down a little after 5 weeks of release and falls down to number 2 this week with $51 million in world grosses from 63 countries.

Vacation makes a slow start but still manages to appear at number 7 this week from it's single country opening, it took $14.8 million just from the US..

Here is the full world box office this week.

  1. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation - $121,000,000
  2. Minions - $51,255,000
  3. Ant-Man - $32,619,000
  4. Pixels - $30,200,000
  5. Monster Hunt - $27,000,000
  6. Inside Out - $22,317,000
  7. Vacation - $14,850,000
  8. The Assassination - $12,700,000
  9. Paper Towns - $10,600,000
  10. Southpaw - $10,519,000

The Minions are proving to be a massive worldwide hit and hold onto the top for another week leaving Ant-Man to sit in the wings again.

To be fair the Minions is released in more territories, 61, as opposed to Ant-Man's 49, but still the Minions have now grossed $759.3 million after a $66 Million weekend, it has now grossed more that Despicable Me and on course for Despicable Me 2.

Chinese film Monster Hunt is at 3 from just 5 territories having grossed $46 million so far, it has this week become the highest grossing Chinese film with $212 million dollars.

Highest new film of the week is Pixels the new Adam Sandler film with takes $45.4 million for the week from 57 countries.

Other new film doing well across the world are Paper Towns with $20.5 million from 38 countries and Southpaw with $20 million from 5 countries.

Here is the full worldwide top 10

  1. Minions - $66,058,050
  2. Ant-Man - $60,165,000
  3. Monster Hunt - $46,000,000
  4. Pixels - $45,400,000
  5. Inside Out - $35,656,000
  6. Jian Bing Man (Pancake Man) - $25,000,000
  7. Paper Towns - $20,500,000
  8. Southpaw - $20,000,000
  9. The Assassination - $19,500,000
  10. Trainwreck - $17,501,950