Keanu Reeves John Wick: Chapter 4

2023 - 3 - 26

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'John Wick: Chapter 4' racks up franchise-best $73.5 million debut (Fortune)

The Lionsgate film, starring Reeves as the reluctant-but-not-that-reluctant killer John Wick, exceeded both expectations and previous opening weekends in the R- ...

Fury of the Gods” slumped to second place with $9.7 million in its second weekend. The release of “John Wick: Chapter 4,” which included a surprise premiere at SXSW, was also bittersweet. Sequels have led the way, including “Creed III” and “Scream VI.” After its disappointing $30.5 million debut last weekend, the superhero sequel “Shazam! A spin-off titled “Ballerina” starring Ana de Armas and co-starring Reeves has already been shot. The Lionsgate film, starring Reeves as the reluctant-but-not-that-reluctant killer John Wick, exceeded both expectations and previous opening weekends in the R-rated franchise.

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Box Office: John Wick Chapter 4 starring Keanu Reeves on top (Goldderby)

This was the highest opening for the actor's popular action franchise, which has done better with each new installment.

See our [latest prediction champs](https://www.goldderby.com/best-prediction-scores/awards/league-data/). With the $12.1 million it added overseas, “Shazam!” is up to $102.4 million globally, which isn’t great when you consider that Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” made more than that [in its opening weekend](https://www.goldderby.com/article/2023/box-office-ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania/) alone, just domestically. Speak up and share your huffy opinions in our [famous forums](https://www.goldderby.com/forums/) where 5,000 showbiz leaders lurk every day to track latest awards buzz. [Make your predictions](https://www.goldderby.com/leagues/) at Gold Derby now. [box office](https://www.goldderby.com/t/box-office/) with two franchise sequel records. Download our free and easy app for [Apple/iPhone devices](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1460576753) or [Android (Google Play)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pmc.goldDerby) to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. [solid reviews](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/john_wick_chapter_4), having had a high-profile premiere at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this month. Fifth place will be a real decider, as only 59 players correctly guessed “65,” while 143 players went either with “Cocaine Bear” or “Ant-Man.” “Wick: Chapter 4” also received an “A” – by putting in early Super Bets on his fourth and fifth place predictions. [box office predictions game](https://www.goldderby.com/odds/user-odds/box-office-predictions-2023-march-24-march-26/) had “John Wick” winning the weekend, with slightly fewer expecting it to make $50 to $75 million over the weekend, and most also had “Shazam!” dropping to second place. [Keanu Reeves](https://www.goldderby.com/t/keanu-reeves/)‘ “ [John Wick: Chapter 4](https://www.goldderby.com/t/john-wick-chapter-4/)” joined them this weekend, as the highest opening for the actor’s popular action franchise, which has done better with each new installment.

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Keanu Reeves in more 'John Wick' Movies, Wants Lionsgate's Joe ... (Deadline)

Lionsgate's Joe Drake Wants To See Keanu Reeves In More 'John Wick' Pics After 'Chapter 4' Franchise Record B.O. Debut: “We're Not Ready To Say Goodbye”.

Rather, emphasizing — per the exec — that “John Wick is not a superhero. It was commonplace back in the 1980s and 1990s for franchises to build big screen afterlives out of their popularity at home, Austin Powers being one of the great textbook examples. The first John Wick opened to $14.4M in October 2014 and finaled at $43M domestic, $86M WW. There’s a nice runway here, as I think the movie can run and run, given its CinemaScore.” What continually amazes is how John Wick is a non-superhero, original franchise, which has mushroomed at the box office after audiences found the first film in the home entertainment window and turned its sequels into tentpoles. There’s a chance that John Wick could find peace.” The fourthquel previously had a Memorial Day weekend release in 2022, before production delays pushed it to its current March 24-26 frame (Chapter 4 was finished at the end of last year). “I’ve seen this movie five times in the last week,” the exec says. The originally conceived Starz series (now moved to Peacock) John Wick spinoff, The Continental, is potentially eyeing a fall premiere, Drake telling us that, “The episodes are nearly finished.” Reeves already confirmed before a rapturous SXSW audience that he’ll be back for the John Wick spinoff, The Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas and directed by Len Wiseman. Drake told us that March seemed ripe, as Lionsgate had great luck on this weekend with the first Hunger Games ($152.5M opening). [Lionsgate](https://deadline.com/tag/lionsgate/) Motion Picture Group Chair [Joe Drake](https://deadline.com/tag/joe-drake/) had much to celebrate this morning.

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John Wick: Chapter 4 review – enjoyably pulpy slaughterfest (The Guardian)

If the plot of the latest John Wick outing offers no surprises, the stunts are mind-boggling, and Donnie Yen and Scott Adkins are fun new faces.

And, just to remind us that we are in the hands of an action master, Stahelski delivers one extended, mind-bogglingly complicated fight sequence in what appears to be a single shot, the camera floating overhead. But even by the standards of the past Wick outings, this is remarkable. Human bodies are hurled into moving vehicles; Reeves’s double tumbles down the entire length of the Sacré-Coeur stairs.

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