At the beginning of the year, he is an outsider! Released in US theaters on January 12, The Beekeeper took second place with Jason Statham at the North American box office with $16.5 million collected in 3 days.
That’s more than double that of Expendables 4 , which earned just $8 million for its opening weekend in US theaters last September and a total of $16.7 million at the US box office.
David Ayer’s action film (Suicide Squad) also dethrones Onka, which recorded $8.3 million at the US box office between January 12 and 14 after 1 month at the box office.
In The Beekeeper, Jason Statham plays Adam Clay, a former elite soldier who decides to take revenge after the murder of a woman who brought him to renovate his land and take care of the bees.
You see, The Beekeeper is an action movie, not a documentary about beekeepers. So Jason Statham is in familiar ground. On this film’s program: stunning battles and honey… but the use of the precious liquid is used for explosive purposes here, as shown in the trailer above.
If netizens mocked the pitch when the trailer was released, the first reviews of the film are quite good. beekeeper Has 69% positive reviews on the rating site Rotten tomatoesMaking it Jason Statham’s highest-rated movie on the US site since the 2015 action-comedy, with a score of 95%!
What do early viewers think of The Beekeeper?
As for internet users, same story. First time audiences seem to be excited about this little “old fashioned” action flick.
#TheBeekeeper is a solid box office success for Jason Statham and that’s a good thing. A 2024 action thriller dressed up as a 1987 film, proof that the appetite is still there for star-studded films that don’t cost a ton of money to produce.
Sometimes you just have to sit down and watch a Jason Statham movie. No deep message. There is no A24 logo at the beginning. Just someone who kicks bad guys’ butts. Escape at its best.
I’d say The Beekeeper is a much better movie than Jason StathamIn troubled waters 2 and Consumables 4 merged.
The Beekeeper is David Ayer’s best film in the last 10 years!!! It’s Jason Statham, which I love, few lines of dialogue, but a lot of ass. The movie is a bit too serious with its Tom Clancy government side, but I really enjoyed this movie!
Also starring Jeremy Irons, Amy Raver-Lampman (The Umbrella Academy), Bobby Nader, Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games, FNAF) and David Witts, The Beekeeper does not yet have a release date in French cinemas.
David Ayer They should find it soon Jason Statham As the filmmaker will shoot the action film Levon’s Trade. The feature film written by Sylvester Stallone is adapted from the comics by Chuck Dixon. This is the first volume of 11 successful comics across the Atlantic. This project was originally conceived as a TV series, but will eventually be a feature film.
The British actor will play the lead role of Levon Cade, a repentant criminal working in construction. When his boss’s daughter goes missing, he is called upon to re-use the skills that have made him a legendary figure in the world of covert operations… Shooting is scheduled to begin in spring 2024 in London.
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