'John Wick' Defeats 'Avengers: Endgame'
by EG
Avengers: Endgame had three weeks atop the box-office heap, but its time at the top is over. John Wick Chapter 3 turned in a franchise-best opening to take the number-one slot for the weekend. Read on for details.
After three weekends at the top of the domestic box office, Avengers: Endgame's reign has come to an end, thanks to a retired hitman.
Lionsgate's John Wick: Chapter Three — Parabellum had a huge debut weekend, earning $57.2 million stateside in 3,850 theaters, beating out Endgame's $29.4 million domestic earnings.
Parabellum's larger-than-anticipated bow outperformed the opening weekends of the franchise's first two installments — 2014's John Wick ($14.4 million) and 2017's John Wick: Chapter 2 ($30.4 million).
Keanu Reeves returns in Parabellum as the formerly retired hit man who finds himself stripped of the protection from a shadowy international assassins guild. Now stuck with a $14 million bounty on his head, Wick must fight his way through the streets of New York as he becomes the target of the world's most ruthless killers. Franchise newcomers Halle Berry and Anjelica Huston join in on the fight.
The well-reviewed action-thriller was once again helmed by stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski. The movie currently sits at an 88 percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with a Metacritic score of 73 and an A- CinemaScore. The audience was largely male, with a 64-36 percent gender split, while 65 percent of the audience was under 35 and 60 percent falling between 18 to 34.
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