Gerard Butler’s Most Recent Action Drama Leads the World Box Office

The name Gerard Butler has grown more and more dependable in the action sports industry. The genre gained greater attention with Olympus Has Fallen (2013)’s box office success, even though the actor has been a part of it since Reign of Fire (2002) and 300 (2006). Butler has shown his action hero skills in several other films, including two Has Fallen sequels in which he reprised his role as Mike Banning.

The 2010s and 2020s saw the release of action and action-themed films, such as Gods of Egypt (2016), Geostorm (2017), Hunter Killer (2018), Greenland (2020), Plane (2023), and Kandahar (2023), according to Butler. But Den of Thieves (2018) is the Butler action movie that turned into a classic. It was a box office success when it first came out, but it really took off on streaming, where it gained a loyal following. Butler returned to his role as L.A. police officer “Big Nick” O’Brien in the heist action movie.

Positive Reviews and Success for Gerard Butler’s Action Sequel

Despite being available on VOD, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera recently achieved a noteworthy new box office milestone. This sequel to Christian Gudegast’s 2018 film Den of Thieves follows Jackson Jr.’s character Donnie and Butler’s character Big Nick as they work together to steal gems around Europe. Critics have mostly given Den of Thieves 2: Pantera favourable reviews, and the film has done well at the box office so far, grossing $15.5 million in North America when it opened last month.

The sum includes $15.5 million from outside North America and $34.6 million from North America. A little over a week ago, the sequel became available for VOD purchase and rental. The sequel has yet to reach the $80 million total earned by the previous film.

The Box Office Performance of Den of Thieves 2: An Important Development for the Franchise

Given its projected $40 million budget, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera might need to break even with a minimum of $80 million. Despite having a $10 million higher budget than the first film, it now seems unlikely that the sequel would do as well at the box office. Although VOD sales revenue is typically not disclosed to the public, the Den of Thieves sequel has probably done well in this area, helping to further close the gap to profitability.

This could be as a result of the sequel’s overall positive reviews, which have given it a 79% viewer and 61% reviewer score on Rotten Tomatoes.