Ben Affleck
and Jon Bernthal
had little or no to show to audiences when it got here to their long-awaited return to screens in The Accountant 2
, however they surpassed all expectations to ship an excellent higher Popcornmeter rating than they might have hoped for. After seeing the film’s crucial rating leap as much as 78% in comparison with the unique 2016 movie’s divisive 53%, audiences have ranked the movie as one in every of Affleck’s best films.
The Accountant 2 landed at quantity 3 within the home field workplace rankings, being outdone by the re-release of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and Ryan Coogler’s spectacular interval vampire film, Sinners. Nonetheless, few have been in a position to fault the film, and that reveals in its 93% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes – up from 77% for the earlier film.
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‘The Accountant 2’ Director Says Third Film Will Function the One Factor Lacking From the Sequel
Gavin O’Connor already has some plans for a potential third ‘The Accountant’ movie that may characteristic the return of an actor from the primary film.
Evidently the watch for the motion thriller, which this time has Affleck’s Christian Wolff and his brother, Bernthal’s Braxton, teaming up in a buddy comedy mode that has elevated the movie and delivered each stars among the greatest opinions of their careers. The truth is, the movie has Affleck’s third-highest viewers rating as an actor, behind 2023’s Air, and the traditional Good Will Looking.
‘The Accountant 2’ Might Simply Have Remained in Improvement Hell
Few individuals predicted The Accountant could be successful in 2016, with the movie gaining divided opinions from critics. The story of math savant Christian Wolff (Affleck) juggling ledger sheets for shady shoppers by day, whereas using deadly fight abilities at night time, caught the eye of audiences and led to a stunning field workplace hit. Naturally, a sequel headed into improvement quickly after, however between 2018 and 2024, The Accountant 2 turned a sequel that appeared destined to finish up on the scrap heap, with nobody keen to greenlight it. That was till the group determined to problem rights holders Warner Bros. Discovery over the shortage of motion on the challenge. In response to director Gavin O’Connor:
“Nicely, I feel there was a little bit of revolving door and musical chairs occurring at Warner Bros. We made the deal to put in writing the following film in 2018, and it was simply, I do not know, no matter dysfunction goes on in studios today. As soon as Ben had his studio, we have been like, ‘Should you’re not going to make it, do not hijack it and never enable us to go pursue this movie we have been making an attempt to make now for eight years.’ They gracefully gave us their blessing and allow us to go away, and we went proper to Amazon, as a result of that they had heard what was occurring. So, we made a take care of Amazon. It was a adverse pickup, so Ben’s firm, Artists Fairness, financed the movie, which was a pleasure.”
Evidently Affleck and Co are those laughing now, and although the movie didn’t handle to prime the field workplace this weekend, its efficiency is actually not a failure. With speak of a 3rd film already doing the rounds, that is most likely not the final we now have seen of Christian Wolff, and hopefully it doesn’t take nearly a decade to get cameras rolling on The Accountant 3.
Supply: Rotten Tomatoes
The Accountant 2
1.5
/5
- Launch Date
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April 25, 2025
- Runtime
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124 minutes
- Director
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Gavin O’Connor
- Writers
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Invoice Dubuque
- Producers
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Ben Affleck, Kevin Halloran, Matt Damon, Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell Taylor, Scott LaStaiti, Michael Joe, Mark Williams, Alison Winter