The Replacement Killers
“Kill or be replaced.”
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Replacement Killers performed
Budget
$30.0M
Worldwide Gross
$19.2M
Gross Profit
−$10.8M
Return
0.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
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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Cast
John Lee
Chow Yun-Fat
John Lee
Meg Coburn
Mira Sorvino
Meg Coburn
Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
Michael Rooker
Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
Terence Wei
Kenneth Tsang
Terence Wei
Michael Kogan
Jürgen Prochnow
Michael Kogan
Ryker
Til Schweiger
Ryker
Collins
Danny Trejo
Collins
Loco
Clifton Collins Jr.
Loco
Hunt
Carlos Gómez
Hunt
Rawlins
Frank Medrano
Rawlins
Lam
Leo Lee
Lam
Pryce
Patrick Kilpatrick
Pryce
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