The “John Wick 4” film has utterly crushed its competition at the box office.
The movie totaled $29.4 million at the box office, according to Deadline, and is projected to hit $70.6 million.
These figures at the highest ever for the John Wick franchise.
On Rotten Tomatoes, “John Wick 4” currently sits at a 95 percent critic score and 95 percent audience score.
CinemaScore gave John Wick an “A.”
Entertainment site IGN gave “John Wick 4” a 10/10 score and called it a “masterpiece.”
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In comparison, its closest competitor was “Shazam! Fury of the God” saw a staggering 69 percent drop.
It’s projected to net just $9 million in its second weekend.
More on this story via Western Journal:
The plight of “Shazam 2” echoes that of fellow superhero movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which experienced a historic 70 percent dropoff in its second week.
So, what does this all mean?
— Advertisement — It could mean many different things, but nothing good for Disney and Warner Brothers, the parent companies of Marvel and DC, respectively.
Before that, it is worth noting that “John Wick 4” actually put itself at an immediate handicap compared to the two aforementioned superhero movies: It’s rated R. That distinction alone cuts off the film from swaths of potential moviegoers simply because minors will need parental accompaniment to view the movie. No such restriction is in place for “Ant-Man” or “Shazam.”
