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5.5(143)1h 40m• Action, Crime, Drama
A newly trained ninja warrior journeys to the Philippines, where he must defend his former war comrade's property against a determined adversary.
Movie Saga1981 – 1984
The Ninja Trilogy
3 Films
6.0 Avg Rating
$20.8M Saga Box Office
4.95x Commercial Multiplier
The so-called Ninja Trilogy comprises Menahem Golan’s Enter the Ninja from 1981, and Sam Firstenberg’s sequels in-name-only, Revenge of the Ninja (1983) and Ninja III: The Domination (1984), all unified by the appearance of actor and real-life practitioner of ninjutsu Sho Kosugi (playing a different character in each title), and all rightly celebrated as showcases for the most egregious, ’80s-inflected cash-in excesses of Golan and Globus’ Cannon Films. Though the groundwork was laid by 1980’s The Octagon, it was these three films that began a veritable explosion of ninja presence in mainstream action flicks.
Franchise Box Office Economics
Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 3 installments.
Total Worldwide Gross
$20.8M
Cumulative box office receipts
Total Production Budget
$4.2M
Combined studio investments
Average Gross / Film
$6.9M
Average theatrical return
Commercial Multiple
4.95x
Worldwide Gross vs Budget
Films in Saga(3)
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6.4(184)1h 31m• Action, Crime, Drama
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
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6.2(157)1h 34m• Action, Fantasy, Horror
An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.