Road to Perdition
“Pray for Michael Sullivan.”
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
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Cast
38 people
Sam Mendes Director · David Self Screenplay Max Allan Collins Author
Worldwide gross $181M · Budget $80M · United States release July 12, 2002
Box office
Budget
$80,000,000
Worldwide gross
$181,001,478
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
DreamWorks Pictures
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
The Zanuck Company
Production
20th Century Studios
Production
DreamWorks
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 9, 2002
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · July 12, 2002
Theatrical
Argentina
August 29, 2002 · Theatrical
Australia
October 10, 2002 · Theatrical
Austria
September 6, 2002 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Canada
July 12, 2002 · Theatrical
Chile
September 27, 2002 · Theatrical
Colombia
July 26, 2002 · Theatrical
Czechia
November 14, 2002 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 20, 2002 · Theatrical
Egypt
October 2, 2002 · Theatrical
Estonia
September 27, 2002 · Theatrical
Finland
September 23, 2002 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
October 4, 2002 · Theatrical
France
September 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
September 5, 2002 · Theatrical
Greece
November 8, 2002 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
September 26, 2002 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 7, 2002 · Theatrical
Iceland
October 25, 2002 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 27, 2002 · Theatrical
Israel
October 3, 2002 · Theatrical
Italy
August 31, 2002 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
December 13, 2002 · Theatrical
Japan
September 28, 2002 · Premiere
October 5, 2003 · Theatrical
Kuwait
May 6, 2003 · Theatrical
Lithuania
October 4, 2002 · Theatrical
Malaysia
October 10, 2002 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 30, 2002 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 24, 2002 · Theatrical
March 5, 2003 · Physical · DVD
September 10, 2005 · TV · RTL 5
May 24, 2010 · Physical · Blu ray
New Zealand
August 29, 2002 · Theatrical
Norway
October 4, 2002 · Theatrical
Panama
September 27, 2002 · Theatrical
Peru
October 24, 2002 · Theatrical
Philippines
September 5, 2002 · Limited theatrical
September 18, 2002 · Theatrical · Manila
October 2, 2002 · Theatrical · Davao
Poland
October 4, 2002 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
October 18, 2002 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 13, 2002 · Theatrical
Romania
September 27, 2002 · Digital
Russia
September 27, 2002 · Theatrical
Slovakia
November 14, 2002 · Theatrical
South Africa
September 20, 2002 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 13, 2002 · Theatrical
Spain
September 6, 2002 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 27, 2002 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 5, 2002 · Theatrical
Taiwan
September 13, 2002 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 8, 2002 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 20, 2002 · Limited theatrical
September 27, 2002 · Theatrical
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