With “John Wick: Chapter 4,” the most recent entry in the gun-toting, knife-throwing action franchise, John Wick is back—for the fourth time—and on track to set a franchise record opening. In the US box office, Lionsgate’s fourth film debuted with $8.9 million in previews.
With an anticipated opening weekend between $65 million and $70 million, “John Wick: Chapter 4” is on course to surpass the third film’s record-breaking opening weekend. It’s impressive how each movie has significantly boosted its first weekend box office after release. The first “John Wick” film made $14 million when it debuted in 2014, and it was followed by “John Wick: Chapter 2” in 2017 ($30.4 million), and “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” ($56.8 million) in 2019. The Thursday preview collections have increased over time in a similar manner; “John Wick” had $950,000 in
Even though the fourth film’s production cost more than $100 million, it is expected to have the greatest overall gross of the entire series. With $328.3 million in total worldwide, “John Wick 3” finished its run ahead of “John Wick 2” ($174.3 million) and the first “John Wick” ($86.1 million). “John Wick 4”, the only new major release this weekend, ought to have no issue dethroning “Shazam: Wrath of the Gods,” the previous week’s top earner at the box office.
In the most recent film, Bill Skarsgard’s Marquis Vincent de Gramont, played by Keanu Reeves, plays the master assassin who returns to finally bring down the deadly High Table crime syndicate. Along the journey, Wick also faces off against the mysterious tracker Mr. Nobody (Shamier Anderson), who also like dogs, and the blind swordsman Caine (Donnie Yen). Together with returning performers Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, and Lance Reddick, who unfortunately passed away last week at the age of 60, Rina Sawayama and Hiroyuki Sanada also enter the “John Wick” universe.
Prior to the film’s debut, Reeves and director Chad Stahelski paid tribute to Reddick.
At the Los Angeles premiere, Reeves remarked of Lance, “Lance is a people person, a special artist, a gentleman of grace and humility.” “Watching the love he showed for his profession every time he arrived on set was just really something remarkable. Working with him is quite simple.
Stahelski claimed, “I had Lance in my life for about ten years. “Even though that was spread out over four movies, we’ve collaborated on other projects. I can only rejoice and take pride in having had the opportunity to spend so much time with him. He will be missed by us.
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