Gerard Butler's New Action Movie Passes Major Domestic Box Office Milestone After Just Three Weeks In Theaters
Gerard Butler's action heist movie hits domestic milestone.
Gerard Butler has enjoyed a strong career, first rising to prominence with the role of Count Dracula in the vampire film Dracula 2000. Leading roles in the movies The Phantom of the Opera and P.S. I Love You helped establish him as a romantic lead before he earned global recognition playing King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's historical action epic 300. This kick-started Butler's status as an action star and a nearly two-decade career as an icon of the genre.
Butler has appeared in multiple blockbuster productions through the years, including the Has Fallen movie franchise, and disaster movies such as Geostorm. He has appeared in a slew of box office successes, with his highest-grossing movies being the animated How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, as well as 300, Tomorrow Never Dies, Geostorm, and The Ugly Truth. Butler has enjoyed success moving into a producing role in many of his movies, and 2025 looks set to be a big year for Butler, with three films scheduled for release, while an action sequel is currently making waves at the box office.
Audiences Are Taking To The Action Heist Sequel
Written and directed by Christian Gudegast, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is the follow-up to the 2018 action crime film, starring Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. The two actors reprised their roles for the sequel, which Butler also produced, and saw Big Nick follow Jackson Jr.'s Donnie to Europe, and team up with him for a robbery. Released on January 10, 2025, in the United States, the film will be looking to surpass the original movie's total of $80.5 million.
January is a notoriously quiet period for the box office, and many films will struggle to perform well, but Den of Thieves 2 has a strong cast and is already an established intellectual property, which could help it to achieve more success long-term.
Per reports in Deadline, the movie has closed in on an important domestic milestone, passing the $30 million mark at the domestic box office. The movie has taken a total of $31.6 million domestically, and hopes will be high that it can cross the $50 million mark before it runs out of steam. The movie's reported budget is $40 million.
Our Verdict On Den Of Thieves 2's Long-Term SuccessThe Movie Is Likely To Do Better On Streaming
While Den of Thieves 2: Pantera does not have a high benchmark for success, the movie could at least break even theatrically. January is a notoriously quiet period for the box office, and many films will struggle to perform well. However, Den of Thieves 2 has a strong cast and is already an established intellectual property, which could help achieve more success long-term. I would expect the movie to perform much better when it hits streaming platforms, and the movies could wind up becoming a cult franchise for Butler.
Source: Deadline
Your RatingDen of Thieves 2: Pantera
Release Date
January 10, 2025
Runtime
144 minutes
Director
Christian Gudegast
Writers
Christian Gudegast