Kick-Ass
“Shut up. Kick-ass.”
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
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2 films
Cast
58 people
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
Known for
Godzilla
28 Years Later
Matthew Vaughn
Director
Also in
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Chloë Grace Moretz
Mindy Macready / Hit Girl
Known for
The 5th Wave
Carrie
Nicolas Cage
Damon Macready / Big Daddy
Known for
The Croods
National Treasure
Lyndsy Fonseca
Katie Deauxma
Known for
How I Met Your Mother
Marvel's Agent Carter
Mark Strong
Frank D'Amico
Known for
Shazam!
1917
Deborah Twiss
Mrs. Zane
Known for
Marvel's The Defenders
Pawn
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Chris D'Amico / Red Mist
Known for
Superbad
How to Train Your Dragon
Elizabeth McGovern
Mrs. Lizewski
Known for
Downton Abbey
Once Upon a Time in America
Omari Hardwick
Sergeant Marcus Williams
Known for
Power
Army of the Dead
Xander Berkeley
Detective Gigante
Known for
Nikita
The Walking Dead
Garrett M. Brown
Mr. Lizewski
Known for
I Am Number Four
Roswell
Matthew Vaughn Director · Jane Goldman Screenplay Mark Millar Author
Director Screenplay
Matthew Vaughn
Screenplay
Jane Goldman
Author
Mark Millar
Author
John Romita Jr.
Composer
John Murphy
Composer
Ilan Eshkeri
Composer
Liam Howlett
Cinematographer
Ben Davis
Editor
Pietro Scalia
Editor
Jon Harris
Editor
Eddie Hamilton
Production designer
Russell De Rozario
Costume designer
Sammy Sheldon
Worldwide gross $96M · Budget $28M · United States release April 16, 2010
Box office
Budget
$28,000,000
Worldwide gross
$96,188,903
Gross vs. budget
3.4×
Production
Plan B Entertainment
Production
Marv
Production
Lionsgate
Studio · Production
Marv Films
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 12, 2010
Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
United States · April 16, 2010
Theatrical
Argentina
June 8, 2010 · Premiere · Buenos Aires
June 10, 2010 · Theatrical
Australia
April 8, 2010 · Theatrical
Austria
April 16, 2010 · Limited theatrical
April 23, 2010 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 20, 2010 · Premiere · Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
April 21, 2010 · Theatrical
Bosnia & Herzegovina
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 18, 2010 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
April 30, 2010 · Theatrical
Canada
April 16, 2010 · Theatrical
Chile
September 9, 2010 · Theatrical
Colombia
August 13, 2010 · Theatrical
Croatia
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 6, 2010 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Ecuador
September 17, 2010 · Theatrical
Egypt
April 21, 2010 · Theatrical
Estonia
June 30, 2010 · Theatrical
Finland
April 10, 2010 · Premiere · Night Visions Film Festival
April 16, 2010 · Theatrical
France
April 21, 2010 · Theatrical
September 15, 2010 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
September 3, 2018 · Digital · VOD
April 20, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
April 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
April 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 17, 2010 · Theatrical
Iceland
April 16, 2010 · Theatrical
India
October 5, 2017 · Digital
Indonesia
May 17, 2010 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 26, 2010 · Theatrical
Israel
April 1, 2010 · Theatrical
Italy
April 1, 2011 · Theatrical
Japan
September 16, 2010 · Premiere · Old Town Taito International Comedy Film Festival
December 18, 2010 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Latvia
July 2, 2010 · Theatrical
Lebanon
May 27, 2010 · Theatrical
Lithuania
June 25, 2010 · Theatrical
Malaysia
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 18, 2010 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 22, 2010 · Theatrical
September 16, 2010 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
May 12, 2012 · TV · RTL 5
New Zealand
April 7, 2010 · Theatrical
Norway
April 9, 2010 · Theatrical
Panama
June 4, 2010 · Theatrical
Peru
August 12, 2010 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 16, 2010 · Theatrical
Poland
April 16, 2010 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Romania
April 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Russia
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Serbia
June 10, 2010 · Theatrical
Singapore
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
South Africa
April 23, 2010 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 22, 2010 · Theatrical
Spain
May 21, 2010 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 9, 2010 · Theatrical
September 15, 2010 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Switzerland
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical · German
April 21, 2010 · Theatrical · French
Taiwan
April 16, 2010 · Theatrical
Thailand
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Türkiye
March 11, 2021 · Digital
Ukraine
May 27, 2010 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
May 6, 2010 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 22, 2010 · Premiere · London
March 26, 2010 · Theatrical
Uruguay
September 3, 2010 · Theatrical
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