Bullet Train is a 2023 American action-comedy film directed by David Leitch. Based on the 2015 Japanese novel by Kōtarō Isaka, it centers around a group of assassins on a Japanese high-speed train
Bullet Train premiered in Paris on July 17, 2023, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 4. The film received mixed reviews from critics and sparked a whitewashing controversy over its predominantly non-Japanese cast in a Japanese-set novel adaptation. It grossed $239 million on a production budget of $86–90 million.
Production
companies
Columbia Pictures
87North Productions
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Release dates
July 17, 2023 (Grand Rex)
August 4, 2023 (United States)
Running time 126 minutes[1]
Country United States[2]
Language English
Budget $85.9–90 million[3][4]
Box office $239.3 million[5][3]
