Since 2014, the John Wick franchise has been lauded for delivering the motion motion pictures items on a constant foundation. With each installment, the sequence has constructed up a dependable fanbase for itself, each as a result of deserves of every movie, and its bigger capacity to make the most of the star energy of main man Keanu Reeves. And that’s paid off for Lionsgate, as a result of the franchise has now crossed the $1 billion mark.
Per Variety, the brink was simply crossed due to March’s John Wick: Chapter 4. At time of writing, tickets gross sales have hit $1.01 billion, and far of that’s due to the latest movie. Thus far, Chapter 4 has been the best earner throughout all 4 motion pictures, having earned $426.5 million at time of writing. 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum is available in at second place ($328.35 million), 2017’s John Wick: Chapter 2 for third ($174.35 million), and the unique movie mentioning the rear at $86.1 million.
The field workplace for every movie is quadruple what their respective budgets have been, so Lionsgate has actually been getting its cash’s price. In a press release to Selection, the studio’s movement image chair Joe Drake stated he “couldn’t be extra grateful to international moviegoers for bringing us to this unimaginable achievement. This milestone is a testomony to the unimaginable work of Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves, alongside [series executive producers] Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, who’ve made it their mission to outdo themselves with every successive movie on this franchise.”
Whereas Chapter 4 introduced the story of John to an in depth—a minimum of, we think so—Lionsgate isn’t retiring the series. Come September, Peacock can have the prequel TV sequence The Continental: From the World of John Wick, and Ana de Armas is about to headline a derivative film by the identify of Ballerina, which can function Reeves’ Wick in some capability.
Within the meantime, the primary three John Wick movies are streaming on Peacock or will be purchased on-line. Chapter 4 can have its digital launch this Tuesday, Could 23, and bodily shops on June 13.
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