‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Targeting Franchise Record $115M Global Opening – Box Office Preview
22.03.2023 - 05:11
/ deadline.com
No, there won’t be any finger-pointing at the box office this weekend over a franchise film failing to open.
That’s because Lionsgate/Thunder Road Films/87 Eleven’s John Wick: Chapter 4 looks to not only reinvigorate a tentpole-heavy spring, but also debut to a franchise record of $115 million in worldwide box office.
Broken out, that’s $65M-$70M in the U.S.-Canada and another $45M abroad.
There’s a palpable energy in the air for what is billed as Keanu Reeves’ swan song in the series, this coming after back-to-back premieres for Chapter 4, including a surprise screening at SXSW last week and the Los Angeles premiere last night. All of this has resulted in the best-reviewed John Wick movie ever at 93% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
With last week’s shocking death of Lance Reddick, who play Continental Hotel concierge Charon in all four John Wick films, it would not be surprising to see even more fans make their way to the theater to watch one of his big-screen finales.
The fourthquel is booked at 3,800 theaters, with 1,675 of those being Imax, premium large format and motion-enhanced seats (Dbox, 4DX, MX4D). Previews stateside start at 3 p.m. on Thursday.
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The last movie, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum, posted $5.9M in Thursday previews, which turned into a $22.6M opening day, and a franchise-record domestic opening of $56.8M back in May 2019. The threequel finaled at $171M domestic, $328.3M worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing installment in a $588.7M-grossing franchise.
The marvel of this R-rated Keanu Reeves series, which has the actor once again reteaming with his Matrix co-star Laurence Fishburne, has always been how it