Liam Neeson proves that he is the king of the North American box office throughout the pandemic.
The actor’s previous film “Honest Thief” was shot to the top of the box office in October amid a series of theatrical closings that led several film studios to postpone their major feature films until at least 2021. Now, the 68-year-old action star can boast a second film at the top of the charts, the action thriller “The Marksman.”
According to Variety, the film debuted at number 1 with $ 3.2 million in ticket sales and will feature Martin Luther King Jr. weekend is expected to close with $ 3.7 million at 1,975 locations. That means it’s likely to be a contender to finally release ‘Wonder Woman: 1984’ in theaters in the third week.
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Liam Neeson dominates the box office for the second time amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Gal Gadot-led superhero movie surprised everyone by performing well at the muted winter box office, despite being released for free to HBO Max subscribers in an effort to cultivate viewers at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is making the theater difficult has most Americans.
As noted in the exhaust valve, he joins Robert De Niro’s ‘The Marksman’ ‘with films such as’ Wonder Woman: 1984 ‘,’ Honest Thief ‘and’ The War With Grandpa ” The Marksman ” the modern history. to only 65% of theaters in the US available for business.
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Currently, ‘Wonder Woman: 1984’ is in a bit of a race for the second time during the holiday weekend with ‘The Croods: A New Age’ which is close to the expected total of $ 2.6 million. Meanwhile, “News of the World” with Tom Hanks is likely to finish fourth.
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‘The Marksman’ sees Neeson play an Arizona farmer who becomes the unlikely protector of a young Mexican boy who is being chased by a cartel that wants to kill him.