Gerard Butler gave the impression to be on the cusp of superstardom roughly 15 years in the past, following Butler’s memorable performances within the movies Legislation Abiding Citizen, Olympus Has Fallen, and 300. Nevertheless, the business and important failure of the 2017 catastrophe movie Geostorm appeared to have a profoundly altering and damaging impact on his profession, during which he made the jarring transition from borderline A-list Hollywood star to B-movie motion hero, starting with the 2018 crime movie Den of Thieves.
With the doable exception of Secret Service agent Mike Banning from the Has Fallen movie sequence, the function of rule-breaking Los Angeles police detective Nick O’Brien in Den of Thieves supplied Butler with essentially the most distinctive and fascinating character he’s performed over the previous decade. Whereas Den of Thieves wasn’t a blockbuster success, the movie regularly achieved sufficient reputation to warrant a belated sequel, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, during which Nick seemingly switches sides by touring to Europe to affix a crew of thieves in plotting and executing an elaborate diamond heist.
‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ Beneath-Carried out on the Field Workplace
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
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- Launch Date
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January 10, 2025
- Runtime
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144 minutes
- Director
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Christian Gudegast
- Writers
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Christian Gudegast
In its opening weekend of launch, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera was projected to gross between $11 million and $13 million on the home field workplace. This projection was boosted by the widely constructive viewers and important response to Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, which presently holds a 61% essential ranking and 79% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes, in comparison with a 41% essential ranking and 63% viewers rating for Den of Thieves. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera surpassed this projection with an opening-weekend home gross of roughly $15 million, slightly below the $15.2 million opening for Den of Thieves, which opened in over 500 fewer theaters.
The $15 million opening for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera enabled the sequel to debut in first place on the home field workplace, above the holdover launch Mufasa: The Lion King. In its second weekend of theatrical launch, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera fell to fifth place on the home field workplace with a gross of just below $6.6 million. In its third weekend, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera fell to ninth place with a home gross of just below $3 million. In its fourth weekend of theatrical launch, the primary weekend after the sequel was launched on VOD, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera grossed just below $1.6 million.
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With its theatrical run now just about exhausted, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, which carries a $40 million manufacturing value, has a present home whole of roughly $35 million and an abroad whole of $18.3 million, for a worldwide whole of roughly $53.2 million. As compared, Den of Thieves completed its theatrical run with a worldwide gross of simply over $80.5 million, in opposition to a $30 million manufacturing value.
Gerard Butler Has Restricted Field-Workplace Drawing Energy
The best-grossing function starring automobile of Gerard Butler’s profession is the 2006 historic motion movie 300, which grossed greater than $450 million on the worldwide field workplace. Past the spectacle-driven 300, Butler’s highest-grossing starring automobile is Geostorm, which grossed greater than $220 million on the worldwide field workplace however was deemed one of many greatest flops of 2017 as a result of critically-reviled movie’s excessive manufacturing value.
Butler’s final starring automobile to gross over $100 million on the worldwide field workplace was the third installment within the Has Fallen movie sequence, the 2019 motion thriller Angel Has Fallen, which completed its theatrical run with a worldwide gross of over $133 million, in opposition to a manufacturing value of $40 million. Since Angel Has Fallen, the budgets for Butler’s now just about solely action-oriented starring autos have been comparably modest, whereas his core viewers has turn into more and more consolidated. His current box-office observe file demonstrates that whereas Butler stays an endearing action-hero presence, audiences have turn into way more inclined to wish to watch Butler’s starring autos by way of streaming and VOD than in a theater.
‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ Was Made for Streaming
When Quentin Tarantino lately ranted in opposition to the more and more symbolic nature of theatrical releases, Tarantino might have successfully made his level with Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, which was made out there on VOD lower than three weeks after the sequel’s theatrical debut. To Tarantino’s level, the theatrical launch of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera successfully served to advertise the sequel’s streaming launch.
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Whereas Den of Thieves 2: Pantera has but to make its streaming debut, the sequel’s theatrical launch triggered a resurgence in streaming reputation for Den of Thieves. Furthermore, whereas the box-office gross of the sequel is way lower than that of Den of Thieves, the anticipated streaming reputation and powerful early VOD numbers for the sequel led to the announcement of a 3rd Den of Thieves movie, which can possible arrive a lot prior to the seven-year hole between the primary two movies within the franchise. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is offered to hire on Apple TV, Prime Video, and Google Play.