The John Wick movie franchise wrecked a whopping 44 cars and motorcycles over the course of four films - at an estimated cost of almost $1.3m.
That’s according to eagle-eyed movie lovers at UK vehicle lease firm Select Car Leasing who took a deep dive into the screen assassin’s vehicle destroying habits.
With a new Wick flick -From the World of John Wick: Ballerina - about to join the canon as a spin-off, that car-nage count is only likely to increase.
Wick - played by actor Keanu Reeves - caused around $289,000 (£223,200) worth of vehicular damage in director Chad Stahelski's first film alone, with scrapped metal including nine Chevrolet SUVs, two Ford SUVs, and a 2011 Dodge Charger SXT.
Wick’s beloved 1969 Ford Mustang - stolen in Chapter 1 and seen totalled in Chapter 2 - is a Mach 1 model dressed up to look like the rarer Mustang Boss 429 and which could be worth in excess of $80,000.
In fact, John Wick’s makers have admitted they destroyed FIVE of the Mustangs during filming, taking the bill to replace them all up to an estimated $400,000 (£333,000).
The Mustang isn’t the most expensive car to feature in the John Wick series.
That honour goes to the 1971 Plymouth Barracuda seen in John Wick: Chapter 4. It’s likely a complete insurance write off as it’s rammed and shot at repeatedly!
If, as most suspect, the ‘Cuda’ was packing a 440 Six Pack V8 engine under the hood, it could be worth as much as $300,000 (£231,300).
Cool and calculated Wick is nicknamed ‘Baba Yaga’ by his enemies, with Baba Yaga referring to the feared mythical creature from Russian lore who devours her victims. He’s also dubbed the ‘Boogeyman’ throughout the four films.
And according to Select Car Leasing’s analysis, Wick is just as likely to devour motorcycles as he is cars and vans.
In John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum, bikes feature prominently - and many of them end up broken piles of smoking steel.
One famous scene Wick - himself astride a bike - is pursued by a horde of bounty hunters riding Yamaha MT-09 motorcycles. A whopping EIGHT of the bikes are wrecked at an estimated cost of around $80,000 (or around £66,500).
Wick also finds ways to destroy cars in unusual ways. At the end of Chapter 4, for example, he tumbles out of a Paris apartment onto the roof of a van in a scene expertly performed by Keanu Reeves' stunt double Vincent Bouillon.
Select Car Leasing says the van Wick crushes on his way down is a 1980 Volkswagen T3 that’d cost around $20,000 (or £15,500) to replace now.
And then there’s the controversial subject of how many times John Wick gets run over or knocked down by a vehicle over the course of the four films. It’s a subject that has been much discussed on sites like Reddit, with many fans pondering whether Wick is somehow immortal!
Select reckons Wick collides with cars and vans a staggering 15 times in the series, with six of those coming in John Wick: Chapter 4.
Graham Conway, Managing Director at Select Car Leasing, says: “What the incredible John Wick movies teach us is that if you kill someone’s puppy, you’d better expect there to be complete carnage as retribution is meted-out. It’s perhaps a shame that so many amazing vehicles were wrecked during filming but it’s always a thrill to watch the resulting mayhem unfold on the screen.”
- How many vehicles were wrecked filming the John Wick movie franchise? Total: 44
- Estimated cost to replace the wrecked vehicles: $1,277,500 (Or around £986,000)
- How many times is John Wick run over? 15 times, across the four films.
Full breakdown below:
John Wick (2014)
- 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs: Eight wrecked. Worth up to $30,000 each. Total bill: $240,000 or around £185,000
- 2001 Volvo S60: One wrecked. Worth up to $7,000 or around £5,400
- 1992 Toyota Camry. One wrecked. Worth up to $4,000 or around £2,300
- 2003 Ford Explorer. One wrecked. Worth up to $8,000 or around £6,200
- 1997 Ford Expedition. One wrecked. Worth up to $5,000 or around £3,800
- 2000 Chevrolet Suburban. One wrecked. Worth up to $7,000 or £5,400
- 2011 Dodge Charger SXT . One wrecked. Worth up to $18,000 or £13,900
Total cost to replace wrecked cars in John Wick: $289,000 (or around £223,200)
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
- 2015 Suzuki GSX s750 motorcycle. Two wrecked. Worth up to $9,000 each. Total bill $18,000 or around £13,900.
- 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1: Five examples wrecked while filming. Worth in excess of $80,000 each. Total bill: $400,000 or around £333,000
- 2006 Ford Crown Vic. One wrecked. Worth up to $7,500 or around £5,800
- 2007 Nissan Maxima. One wrecked. Worth up to $8,000 or around £6,200.
- 2012 Fiat Punto. One wrecked. Worth up to $5,000 or £3,900 each
- 2015 Merc E-Class. One wrecked. Worth up to $20,000 or £15,400.
Total cost to replace wrecked cars in John Wick: Chapter 2: $458,500 (or £354,000)
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
- 2019 Zero R motorcycles. Two wrecked. Worth up to $15,000 each. Total bill $30,000 or around £23,200.
- 2019 Yamaha MT-09 motorcycles. At least eight wrecked. Worth up to $10,000. Total bill $80,000 or around £66,500,
Total cost to replace wrecked vehicles in John Wick: Chapter 3: $110,000 (or £85,700)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
- 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda’ 440 Six Pack V8. One wrecked. Worth up to $300,000 or around £231,500.
- 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Holiday Coupe. One wrecked. Worth up to $40,000 or around £31,000
- 2005 BMW 5 Series. Four wrecked. Worth up to $9,000 each. Total bill $36,000 or around £28,000
- 2020 Aprilia RS 660 motorcycle. Two wrecked. Worth up to $12,000 each. Total bill $24,000 or £18,500.
- 1980 VW T3 van. One wrecked. Worth up to $20,000 or £15,500.
Total cost to replace wrecked vehicles in John Wick: Chapter 4: $420,000 (or £324,000)
Grand total across all John Wick movies: $1,277,500 (Or around £986,000)
**Editor's notes: Select Car Leasing relied heavily on the Internet Movie Cars Database to identify the vehicles.
The estimated value of the vehicles was found by asking ChatGPT the question, ‘What is the average price of...’ said vehicle and its age, with prices at the higher end of the scale used for illustrative purposes. The term 'wrecked' used here to indicate a likely insurance write-off due to accident damage.
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