The Equalizer
“What do you see when you look at me?”
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Genres
Thriller, Action, Crime
Studio
Lonetree Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Equalizer performed
Budget
$55.0M
Worldwide Gross
$192.3M
Gross Profit
$137.3M
Return
3.5× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$31M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Thriller) 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
Robert McCall
Denzel Washington
Robert McCall
Teddy
Marton Csokas
Teddy
Teri
Chloë Grace Moretz
Teri
Masters
David Harbour
Masters
Mandy
Haley Bennett
Mandy
Brian Plummer
Bill Pullman
Brian Plummer
Susan Plummer
Melissa Leo
Susan Plummer
Slavi
David Meunier
Slavi
Ralphie
Johnny Skourtis
Ralphie
Tevi
Alex Veadov
Tevi
Vladimir Pushkin
Vladimir Kulich
Vladimir Pushkin
Lead Investigator
E. Roger Mitchell
Lead Investigator
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