
Last week we asked what went wrong with Shazam! Fury of the Gods this week we get to ask what went right with John Wick: Chapter 4 as the film blew past studio estimates to a franchise best $73.5 million opening. That opening puts it just $13 million shy of passing the entire worldwide gross of the first film. I think in the pantheon of Keanu Reeves’ films, The Matrix may have changed movie making forever but the sequels could never quite live up to that first film, with John Wick you have a franchise that not just maintained its quality, but actually improved on it with each film. That’s even more impressive when you consider the films director, Chad Shahelski, has only ever directed the John Wick films after earning a name for himself as a stunt performer and coordinator on films such as The Crow (where he stood in for...
- 3/26/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
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