Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Patrick Hughes
Screenplay by	Tom O'Connor Brandon Murphy Phillip Murphy
Story by	Tom O'Connor
Based on	Characters by Tom O'Connor
Produced by	Matt O'Toole Les Weldon Yariv Lerner
Starring	Ryan Reynolds Samuel L. Jackson Salma Hayek Antonio Banderas Morgan Freeman
Cinematography	Terry Stacey
Edited by	Michael J. Duthie Jack Hutchings
Music by	Atli Örvarsson
Production companies	Summit Entertainment Millennium Media Nu Boyana Film Studios Campbell Grobman Films Film i Väst Filmgate Films
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	June 16, 2021 (2021-06-16) (United States)
Running time	100 minutes (U.S.) 116 minutes (Australasia)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$70 million[1][2]
Box office	$70.1 million[3][4]

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard is a 2021 American action comedy film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Tom O'Connor and Brandon and Phillip Murphy. The film is a sequel to the 2017 film The Hitman's Bodyguard and features Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, and Richard E. Grant reprising their roles, with Frank Grillo, Antonio Banderas, and Morgan Freeman joining the cast.

In the film, suspended bodyguard Michael Bryce (Reynolds) must once again team up with hitman Darius Kincaid (Jackson) and his wife, Sonia (Hayek), to stop a madman (Banderas) from launching a terror attack on Europe.

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard was theatrically released in the United States on June 16, 2021, by Lionsgate. The film received negative reviews from critics and flopped at the box office, grossing $70.1 million on a $70 million budget, less than half its predecessor.