Alex Cross (film series)

The Alex Cross film series is an American film series of three thriller films, based on the fictional character Alex Cross, who originally appeared in a series of novels of the same name by James Patterson. In the film series, Morgan Freeman and Tyler Perry have portrayed Alex Cross.

Alex Cross
Created by	James Patterson
Owners	Paramount Pictures (1997–2001) Lionsgate (2012)
Years	1997–2012
Films and television
Film(s)	Original films: Kiss the Girls (1997) Along Came a Spider (2001) Reboot: Alex Cross (2012)

Films

• Kiss the Girls (1997)
• Along Came a Spider (2001)
• Alex Cross (2012)
• Cross (2024)

Cancelled sequel

Prior to the film Alex Cross (2012) release, Double Cross was scheduled to be adapted into a film, with Tyler Perry reprising the role,^[1] but the film was cancelled after Alex Cross did not perform well at the box office.^[2]

Cast

Characters	Films
	Kiss the Girls	Along Came a Spider	Alex Cross
	1997	2001	2012
Alex Cross	Morgan Freeman		Tyler Perry
Kyle Craig	Jay O. Sanders
Mrs. Vicki Cross	Anna Maria Horsford
Janelle Cross	Tatyana Ali		Yara Shahidi
Regina "Nana Mama" Cross	Helen Martin		Cicely Tyson
Dr. Kate McTiernan	Ashley Judd
Detective Nick Ruskin / Cassanova	Cary Elwes
Dr. William Rudolph / Gentleman Caller	Tony Goldwyn
John Sampson	Bill Nunn
Naomi Cross	Gina Ravera
Jezzie Flannigan		Monica Potter
Gary Soneji / The Spider		Michael Wincott
Ollie McArthur		Dylan Baker
Megan Rose		Mika Boorem
Dimitri Starodubov		Anton Yelchin
Ben Devine		Billy Burke
Senator Hank Rose		Michael Moriarty
Elizabeth Rose		Penelope Ann Miller
Damon Cross			Sayeed Shahidi
Picasso			Matthew Fox
Tommy Kane			Edward Burns
Giles Mercier			Jean Reno
Maria Cross			Carmen Ejogo
Monica Ashe			Rachel Nichols
Captain Richard Brookwell			John C. McGinley
Erich Nunemacher			Werner Daehn
Fan Yau Lee			Stephanie Jacobsen
Pop Pop Jones			Simenona Martinez
Detective Jody Klebanoff			Bonnie Bentley

Crew

Crew/Detail	Film
	Kiss the Girls	Along Came a Spider	Alex Cross
	1997	2001	2012
Director	Gary Fleder	Lee Tamahori	Rob Cohen
Producer(s)	David Brown Joe Wizan		Bill Block Steve Bowen Randall Emmett Leopoldo Gout Paul Hanson James Patterson
Writer(s)	Screenplay by David Klass Based on Kiss the Girls by James Patterson	Screenplay by Marc Moss Based on Along Came a Spider by James Patterson	Screenplay by Marc Moss Kerry Williamson Based on Cross by James Patterson
Composer	Mark Isham	Jerry Goldsmith	John Debney
Director of photography	Aaron Schneider	Matthew F. Leonetti	Ricardo Della Rosa
Editor(s)	Armen Minasian Harvey Rosenstock William Steinkamp	Neil Travis	Matt Diezel Thom Noble
Production company	Rysher Entertainment	Phase 1 Productions Revelations Entertainment	QED International Block/Hanson Emmett/Furla Films Envision Entertainment Corporation IAC Productions James Patterson Entertainment Summit Entertainment
Distributor	Paramount Pictures		Lionsgate Films
Release date	October 3, 1997	April 6, 2001	October 19, 2012
Running time	117 minutes	103 minutes	101 minutes

Reception

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Box office gross			Budget	Reference
		North America	Other territories	Worldwide
Kiss the Girls	October 3, 1997			$60,527,873	$27 million	[3]
Along Came a Spider	April 6, 2001	$74,078,174	$31,100,387	$105,178,561	$60 million	[4]
Alex Cross	October 19, 2012	$25,888,412	$8,700,000	$34,588,412	$35 million	[5]
Total				$200,294,936	$122 million	[6]

Critical and public response

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Kiss the Girls	32% (34 reviews)[7]	46 (17 reviews)[8]	B+[9]
Along Came a Spider	32% (125 reviews)[10]	42 (31 reviews)[11]	B+[12]
Alex Cross	11% (128 reviews)[13]	30 (34 reviews)[14]	A[15]