Ronin
“Anyone is an enemy for a price.”
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.
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Cast
45 people
John Frankenheimer Director · David Mamet Screenplay J. D. Zeik Screenplay
Worldwide gross $71M · Budget $55M · United States release September 25, 1998
Box office
Budget
$55,000,000
Worldwide gross
$70,692,101
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
United Artists
Production
FGM Entertainment
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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UAC
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom · United States · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Russian
Release dates
Italy · September 12, 1998
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · September 25, 1998
Theatrical
United States
September 23, 1998 · Premiere · Beverly Hills, California
Argentina
November 26, 1998 · Theatrical
Australia
February 4, 1999 · Theatrical
Austria
December 4, 1998 · Theatrical
Belgium
November 25, 1998 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 20, 1998 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 11, 1999 · Theatrical
Denmark
March 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Estonia
February 12, 1999 · Theatrical
Finland
January 8, 1999 · Theatrical
France
November 25, 1998 · Theatrical
Germany
December 3, 1998 · Theatrical
Greece
November 20, 1998 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
December 10, 1998 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 14, 1999 · Theatrical
Iceland
January 22, 1999 · Theatrical
Indonesia
January 30, 1999 · Theatrical · Jakarta
Ireland
November 20, 1998 · Theatrical
Israel
December 17, 1998 · Theatrical
Italy
January 8, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
May 29, 1999 · Theatrical
Kuwait
December 30, 1998 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 14, 1999 · Theatrical
December 14, 2001 · TV · SBS 6
January 24, 2007 · Physical · DVD
November 30, 2007 · Physical · Blu ray
New Zealand
January 28, 1999 · Theatrical
Norway
January 29, 1999 · Theatrical
Poland
January 29, 1999 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 4, 1998 · Theatrical
Russia
December 3, 1998 · Theatrical
Serbia
January 31, 1999 · Theatrical
Singapore
January 8, 1999 · Theatrical
Slovakia
February 11, 1999 · Theatrical
August 1, 2024 · Digital · VOYO
South Korea
November 14, 1998 · Theatrical
Spain
November 13, 1998 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 8, 1999 · Theatrical
Switzerland
December 11, 1998 · Theatrical
Taiwan
November 28, 1998 · Theatrical
Thailand
January 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Türkiye
December 18, 1998 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 20, 1998 · Theatrical
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