Keanu Reeves is back as the classic killer in the hugely successful Lionsgate series, which won Best Series$.4 Million Friday.
Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 4 as John Wick Murray Close/Lionsgate Provided by the film industry
Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 Friday spikes box office and $ .4 million from 3,855 in theaters, including Thursday’s blockbuster $8.9 million preview.
Lionsgate’s 4th feature f ranch is now open $56 over 3,1296 theaters, the franchise’s best, enough to kill the competition, including extensions Shazam! Wrath of the Gods .
Keanu Reeves returns as the expert assassin nicknamed Baba Yaga.
So far, 1296 of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum with $20.8 million, Thursday’s preview revenue was $5.9 million, not adjusted for inflation.
John Wick 4 has many advantages: Reeves is as popular as ever, and critics Liked this photo . Critics currently have impressive ratings on Rotten Tomatoes 96 Percentage, best of all John Wick Ranking title (the first three pictures are all hovering in the middle and high 30 percentage range).
A challenge: John Wick 4′ has a running time of almost three hours, which means less screen time, but audiences don’t seem to mind. The film earned an A CinemaScore.
Director Chad Stahelski , a film full of the usual chaos, violence, ballerina-like bodies, and morbid humor that have come to define the action franchise. Cast also includes Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamir Anderson, Rina Sawayama, Ian McShane and The late Lance Reddick , who died earlier this month. The film is produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Stahelski.
Internationally, the film Debut this weekend at Territories worldwide, including UK, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Spain and Mexico.
The lucrative Lionsgate franchise grossed nearly $96 million worldwide box office. By Sunday, the number should be in $700 million. John Wick $70. Millions; John Wick: Chapter 2 box office receipts $ 96. 3 million; and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum HIT $96.3 million.
John Wick 4 is Thunder Road Films/80 Produced by Eleven Entertainment.
Shazam 2, from Warner Bros., may fall off a steep hill 56 The percentage of the second outing is estimated to be
MGM’s Creed III will be a strong 4th place with $8.3 million and a domestic gross of $ .6 million through Sunday.
, 7: am1235359935 Updated Friday’s gross and projected total.
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