Keanu Reeves is back as John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 4, which released in theaters over the weekend. Once again, the franchise just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
John Wick: Chapter 4 (read Matt’s review) topped the domestic box office charts, blasting its way to a $73.5 million opening weekend. Worldwide, the number is $137.5 million!
Here in the United States, John Wick: Chapter 4 now has the highest grossing opening weekend of the franchise, FAR surpassing Chapter 3‘s $56.8 million opening in 2019.
The John Wick franchise has been incredibly successful and profitable for Lionsgate, with Chapter 3 pulling in $328 million worldwide back in 2019 – to date, a franchise best.
In Chapter 4, “John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating the High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.”
Clancy Brown (The Mortuary Collection, “Dexter”) will be making his way into the hit franchise in the upcoming fourth installment. Chad Stahelski (John Wick 1-3) will again direct.
Keanu Reeves is of course coming back for John Wick: Chapter 4, with the cast thus far also including singer Rina Sawayama, Donnie Yen (Ip Man, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Bill Skarsgård (It, It: Chapter Two, “Castle Rock”), and Shamier Anderson (Stowaway). Most recently, Hiroyuki Sanada (Mortal Kombat) has also signed on to star.
Laurence Fishburne, Lance Reddick and Ian McShane will all be back for Chapter 4.
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