Box Office Results: John Wick 4 Ignites With Franchise Record Start
The excellent got off to a rockin’ start at the domestic and worldwide box office this weekend. Domestically, the action sequel hauled a massive $73.5 million, while the international cume is an impressive $64 million — both franchise bests — for a worldwide take of $137.5 million. Per Deadline, that marks Keanu Reeves’ second-best-live-action domestic opening behind 2003’s ($91.7 million in 2003) and second-best worldwide debut behind only ‘s $201.4 million in 2003.
Wick also took down $49.4M opening to become the biggest R-rated post-pandemic debut. Viewers flocked to see the action epic on Imax, which collected a robust $12.7 million worldwide. Also of note, this is just the fifth time in 40 years that a fourth installment set a franchise record in its opening weekend.
On a not-so-positive note, dipped 68% in Week 2, collecting just $9.7 million for a $46.3 million domestic total thus far. Ouch. came in third with $8.4 million (-52%) and has made $89.9 million domestically, while snagged another $8.36 million to bring its domestic total to $140.88 million.
Also, for those keeping count, James Cameron’s moved up to No. 7 on the All-Time Domestic Box Office chart, overtaking $678M haul, and is $20M behind Black Panther ($700M). Worldwide, the sequel sits at No. 3 with $2.3B.
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