The 355

This article is about the 2022 film. For other uses, see 355 (disambiguation).

The 355
A poster featuring five women standing in front of a wall covered with country flags of the world. Below them is the following text: "From the producers that brought you Jason Bourne", "The 355", "Work Together or Die Alone", "In theaters January 7".
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySimon Kinberg
Screenplay by
Story byTheresa Rebeck
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTim Maurice-Jones
Edited by
Music byTom Holkenborg
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • January 7, 2022 (2022-01-07)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40–75 million[1][2]
Box office$27.8 million[3][4]

The 355 is a 2022 American action spy thriller film directed by Simon Kinberg from a screenplay by Theresa Rebeck and Kinberg, and a story by Rebeck. The film features an ensemble cast, starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Diane Kruger, and Lupita Nyong'o as a group of international spies who must work together to stop a terrorist organization from starting World War III. Édgar Ramírez and Sebastian Stan also star. The title is derived from Agent 355, the codename of a female spy for the Patriots during the American Revolution.[5]

Chastain proposed the idea for the film while working with Kinberg on Dark Phoenix. The project was officially announced in May 2018, and distribution rights were acquired by Universal Pictures at the 71st Cannes Film Festival. Filming took place in Paris and London from June through September 2019. The 355 was theatrically released in the United States on January 7, 2022. It received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $27.8 million worldwide against its budget of $40–75 million, resulting in Universal losing an estimated $93 million on the film.[6][7][8]

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  3. ^ "The 355". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "The 355". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  5. ^ McNary, Dave (August 20, 2019). "Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o Spy Thriller 355 Gets 2021 Release Date". Variety. Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "The 355 - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  7. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (January 9, 2022). "Box Office: Spider-Man: No Way Home Rules Again, The 355 Misfires". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  8. ^ McClintock, Pamela (January 9, 2022). "Box Office: Spider-Man Stays No. 1, The 355 Opens to Paltry $4.8M". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.