Liam Neeson is proving to be the king of the American box office during the pandemic.
The actor’s previous film “Honest Thief” shot to the top of the box office in October amid a series of movie closings that prompted several movie studios to postpone their blockbuster releases until at least 2021. Now, the action star The 68-year-old can boast a second film at the top of the charts, the action thriller “The Marksman”.
According to Variety, the film premiered with $ 3.2 million in ticket sales and is expected to close Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday weekend with $ 3.7 million in 1,975 leases. That means he is a likely candidate to finally take down “Wonder Woman: 1984” in his third week in theaters.
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Liam Neeson dominates the box office for the second time amid the choroidanvirus pandemic.
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The superhero film led by Gal Gadot surprised everyone by performing well at the silent winter box office, although it was also released free of charge to HBO Max subscribers in an attempt to cultivate an audience at a time when the pandemic of the coronavirus has made going to the movies a difficult prospect for most Americans.
However, as the vehicle notes, alongside films such as “Wonder Woman: 1984”, “Honest Thief” and “Grandpa’s War” by Robert De Niro, “The Sniper” joins the club’s biggest box office hits. of modern history. for only 65% of US movie theaters open for business.
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Currently, “Wonder Woman: 1984” is in a run for second place over the holiday weekend with “The Croods: A New Age” approaching its expected $ 2.6 million total. Meanwhile, “News of the World” with Tom Hanks is expected to finish fourth.
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“The Marksman” shows Neeson playing a farmer in Arizona who becomes the unlikely protector of a young Mexican who is being chased by a cartel who intends to murder him.