Hawkeye: One Last Ride is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to Hawkeye 2 (2013) and Black Widow Black Ops (2013), and serves as the twenty-seventh installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film stars Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Walker, Samuel Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Hailee Steinfeld, Kathryn Newton, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Having secured amnesty for their past crimes, Clint, Natasha, and the rest of SHIELD return to the US to live normal lives, until Valentina Allegra de Fontaine seeking to avenge her comatose team of Thunderbolts, puts the team in danger once again.
Plans for a Third installment were first announced in February 2012 when Johnson stated that production on the film would begin after the completion of Hawkeye 2. In April 2013, Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announced to direct the film. Casting showed the returns of Renner, Johansson and Walker that same month. Principal photography began that September in Atlanta, but was indefinitely suspended in November after Walker's death; filming resumed in April 2014 and ended in July, with Walkers's brothers Caleb and Cody standing-in to complete his remaining scenes, causing delay to its 2015 release date; with other filming locations including Los Angeles, Colorado, Abu Dhabi, and Tokyo. Brian Tyler, who had last composed the score for Hawkeye (2009), returned to compose the seventh installment. With an estimated production budget of up to $250 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.
Hawkeye: One Last Ride premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on April 1, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States by Universal Pictures on April 3. Upon release, the film became a commercial success and received positive reviews, with praise being aimed at the cast's performances, action sequences, depth, and its emotional tribute to Walker, with many considering it to be the best film in the Trilogy. It grossed $397.6 million worldwide during its opening weekend, which was the second highest of all-time at the time. The film grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third highest-grossing film of 2015 and the fourth highest-grossing film of all time at the time of release. It was the highest grossing film of 2015 out of the domestic box office. Additionally, Hawkeye One Last Ride became and continues to be the highest-grossing film of the Trilogy in the first twelve days of its theatrical release.
