be filled with Canadian actors. Among them were Robert Joy, Saul Rubinek, Kenneth Welsh and Erica Lancaster. Rubinek previously had a role as a subway mugger in the original Death Wish, while in this film he portrays D.A. Brian Hoyle. In a rejected early draft of this film, his character was revealed to be the cop that found a wounded Kersey during the ending of the original. Filming Filming began in early 1993. At first, there were several locations available all around the United States until the film producers chose a big studio in Wilmington, North Carolina that had originally been built and owned by the film producer of the first film, Dino De Laurentiis. The location was chosen as it wasn't controlled by unions and had previously attracted other film producers as the studio was used to cut costs. However, a lot of the money went on to Bronson's salary, so the film production was forced to change places to Toronto, Ontario. The change caused lots of problems for the production because film companies receive tax breaks when shooting in Canada, but in order to qualify for the discounts, a number of key positions have to be filled by Canadians. The budget had to be cut even lower to the point, the story became destroyed, which made Goldstein revise it afterwards. The previous films of the series were mostly shot on location, but the fifth film was mainly shot in a studio. All the scenes involving the dress factory were shot in a studio. Charles Bronson and the producer, Menahem Golan were not on speaking terms during the filming, only communicating by using director Allan A. Goldstein as an intermediary. Goldstein himself was uncertain of the reasons behind this adversarial relationship. Golan was not present for most of the shooting, preoccupied with filming Crime and Punishment (2002) in Russia. Reception Box office Death Wish V was a box office disaster. The film was partially financed through an advanced payment by Trimark Pictures, in exchange for domestic theatrical and home video rights. Trimark released the film on January 14, 1994, to 248 movie theaters. It made $503,936 on its opening weekend. The final box office gross of the film in the United States market was estimated at just over $1.7 million. It was released for the home video market later in 1994. Rental records pointed to a solid presence of