Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
“Live by the code. Die by the code.”
A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
JVC
Language
en
Status
Released
How Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai performed
Budget
$2.0M
Worldwide Gross
$9.4M
Gross Profit
$7.4M
Return
4.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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
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Forest Whitaker
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Tricia Vessey
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