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.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Action
Studio
Landers-Roberts Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Death Wish performed
Budget
$3.0M
Worldwide Gross
$76.6M
Gross Profit
$73.6M
Return
25.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$13M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Paul Kersey
Charles Bronson
Paul Kersey
Joanna Kersey
Hope Lange
Joanna Kersey
Frank Ochoa
Vincent Gardenia
Frank Ochoa
Jack Toby
Steven Keats
Jack Toby
Sam Kreutzer
William Redfield
Sam Kreutzer
Aimes Jainchill
Stuart Margolin
Aimes Jainchill
Police Commissioner
Stephen Elliott
Police Commissioner
Carol Toby
Kathleen Tolan
Carol Toby
Hank
Jack Wallace
Hank
District Attorney
Fred J. Scollay
District Attorney
Ives
Chris Gampel
Ives
Joe Charles
Robert Kya-Hill
Joe Charles
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