How Thunderbolt performed
Budget
$3.8M
Worldwide Gross
$17.0M
Gross Profit
$13.2M
Return
4.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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
Jackie
Jackie Chan
Jackie
Amy Yip
Anita Yuen Wing-Yee
Amy Yip
Steve Cannon
Michael Wong
Steve Cannon
Mr. Lam
Dayo Wong Chi-Wah
Mr. Lam
Warner 'Cougar' Kaugman
Thorsten Nickel
Warner 'Cougar' Kaugman
Kong
Ken Lo Wai-Kwong
Kong
Saw
Kenya Sawada
Saw
Jackie's father
Chor Yuen
Jackie's father
Jackie's sister
Daisy Woo Hoi-Yan
Jackie's sister
Jackie's sister
Annie Man Chung-Han
Jackie's sister
Coach Mirakami
Yūzō Kayama
Coach Mirakami
Coach's Assistant
Chin Ka-Lok
Coach's Assistant
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