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Elektra (2005)

2005 film directed by Rob Bowman

Released
2005
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Ninja film
Director
Rob Bowman
Screenplay
Zak Penn, Mark Steven Johnson, Frank Miller
Producer
Avi Arad, Arnon Milchan
Music
Christophe Beck
Cinematography
Bill Roe
Editing
Kevin Stitt
Starring
Jennifer Garner, Goran Višnjić, Kirsten Prout, Terence Stamp, Natassia Malthe, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Bob Sapp, Jason Isaacs
Running time
96 minutes
Production company
20th Century Studios, Arnon Milchan, Marvel Entertainment
Distributor
InterCom, Netflix, Xfinity Streampix
Box office
$24.4 million
Budget
$43 million
Based on
Elektra

Elektra is a 2005 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Elektra Natchios and directed by Rob Bowman. It is a spin-off from the film Daredevil (2003), with Jennifer Garner reprising her role as the titular character. The story follows Elektra, an assassin who must protect a man and his prodigy daughter from another assassin who was hired by the Hand. Goran Višnjić, Will Yun Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Terence Stamp also star.

For the screenplay, Zak Penn, Stuart Zicherman, and M. Raven Metzner received "written by" credit. Mark Steven Johnson received credit for "motion picture characters" and Frank Miller for "comic book characters". Filming began in Vancouver in May 2004.

The film was released on January 14, 2005. Elektra was a commercial and critical failure, grossing $57 million against a production budget of $43–65 million. It received negative reviews from critics, who found the script and storyline lacking, but many praised Garner's performance. Garner reprised her role as Elektra in the 2024 film Deadpool & Wolverine.

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Facts from Wikidata Q610159 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.