The Accidental Spy

The Accidental Spy

“Ordinary Guy, Extraordinary Spy.”

January 18, 2001PG-131h 47mTMDB ★ 6.0

A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero by foiling an attempted bank robbery.

Genres

Action, Comedy, Thriller

Studio

Panfilm

Language

cn

Status

Released

Box Office

How The Accidental Spy performed

Budget

$25.7M

Worldwide Gross

$790,144

Gross Profit

−$24.9M

Return

0.0× budget

Opening Wknd (est.)

$105K

Domestic (est.)
International (est.)
$277K$514K

Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) 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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