That’s no king’s ransom, but it’s above (or will soon be above) the $14-$23 million likes of Crank: High Voltage, Safe (my personal favorite of the bunch), Parker, Homefront, Mechanic: Resurrection and War. And it didn’t stop on opening weekend or in North America.Īfter 25 days in theaters, the R-rated, brutally violent and narratively zig-zaggy heist thriller has earned $22.7 million domestic. It was right in the $6-$9 million comfort zone of almost every non-franchise, non-ensemble Statham actioner ( Transporter, Crank: High Voltage, Safe, Homefront, The Bank Job, Parker, etc.) that actually got a nationwide theatrical release. Even with theaters operating with limits on capacity and operating hours, Wrath of Man still pulled 100% “business as usual” business. Moreover, that Fri-Sun figure was entirely in line with a standard non-event/non-franchise/non-ensemble Jason Statham action flick. It marked the first time a non-franchise Guy Ritchie flick (obviously not counting Aladdin and the Sherlock Holmes duo) had opened at the top of the domestic box office.
But by Jason Statham standards, it’s a huge hit.įirst, that $8.3 million launch was Jason Statham’s first chart-topping solo action flick since Transporter 2 (a $20.5 million Fri-Mon debut over Labor Day weekend) in 2005. It was the smallest summer kick-off movie, opening with just $8.3 million, since, offhand, the Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder comedy See No Evil, Hear No Evil ($7.1 million) in 1989 and FX 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion ($5.4 million) in 1991. The MGM (in North America) and Miramax (overseas) action thriller opened theatrically on May 6, technically being the unofficial “summer kick-off movie” a week before Spiral: From the Book of Saw (which debuted on PVOD yesterday) and two weeks before A Quiet Place part II and Cruella. Kong, The Unholy (which is one of my favorite religious horror movies in recent years) and Raya and the Last Dragon. Not a huge surprise, but Jason Statham’s Wrath of Man was tops this weekend over at Vudu and FandangoNow, followed by (for both charts) Godzilla Vs.
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