John “Jackpot” Wick
Backed by positive reviews and effective word of mouth, John Wick: Chapter 4 gets by far the best start of the saga directed by Chad Stahelski. Despite the duration of John Wick’s return to work – 2h49 – considered excessive, American audiences turned up in large numbers to see the film, bringing for its first weekend of exploitation the record figure of $73.5 million. The best launch for a film in the saga carried out by Keanu Reeves, and the best performance for Lionsgate since the beginning of the pandemic. double header.
From these are the figures reported by Variety, the collected comments are enthusiastic, noting the excellent financial momentum of the saga. Produced in 2014 for 20 million dollars, the first film John Wick cashed 86 million enter the halls. John Wick: Chapter 2 doubled its performance in 2017, with a budget of 40 million and revenues of 171 million worldwide. The third film John Wick: Parabellum, budget of 75 million, does even better two years later with worldwide box office receipts equal to 327 million dollars.
John Wick: Chapter 4whose budget amounts to 100 million dollars, therefore starting on a much higher basis, since the tens of millions already raised on North American soil are added international recipes.
#1 everywhere
Outside North America, distributed in 71 countries, John Wick: Chapter 4 dominates everywhere and establishes itself in first place. In France, she had an excellent first day with 72,672 entriesahead of the 69,021 seats in John Wick: Parabellum.
In France as elsewhere, the enthusiasm for this fourth opus of John Wick’s mad brawls is real. Since the beginning of its exploitation, the film has indeed picked up on the international market 64 million dollars. Which then constitutes, added to the North American collections, the tidy sum of $137.5 million at the global box office. On that momentum, it is then expected to surpass the mark set by Parabellum with a world box office record of $328 million in revenue.
Lionsgate President Joe Drake commented on this launch and said of a potential return to this universe in a future film John Wick 5 :
The “John Wick” license is an anomaly. The numbers speak for themselves. We expect a large multiple. (…) It’s tempting (to continue). I won’t give up hope for a John Wick 5.
Source: Cine Serie
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