Box Office: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Unloads Impressive $29.4 Million Opening Day
variety.comJ. Kim Murphy Yeah, we’re thinking he’s back. “John Wick: Chapter 4” is firing off a franchise-best opening weekend at the domestic box office, eyeing a finish that could stretch north of $70 million.
Lionsgate’s action sequel got off to an impressive start with a $29.4 million opening day from 3,855 locations, a gross that includes $8.9 million in Thursday previews.
The “John Wick” series has achieved a consistent growth that most modern Hollywood franchises can only envy, beginning with a storyline written from scratch and following with a series of entries that have each proven to be bigger than the last.
The opening weekend gross of “Chapter 4” looks to blast past the $56.8 million debut earned by the series’ third entry, 2019’s “Parabellum.” The first round of box office returns aren’t the only numbers that are up for the Keanu Reeves vehicle. “Chapter 4” has earned glowing praise from critics, notching a series-high 92% approval rating from top critics on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes.
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