2 guns is climbing the charts on Netflix. The 2013 Mark Wahlberg action film featured the star playing Michael “Stig” Stigman, a special agent of the United States. Both have been working undercover in narcotics, unbeknownst to the other, which causes an incident that forces them to go on the run with only each other as backup. When it premiered, the movie grossed $131.9 million worldwide against its $61 million budget.
now, 2 guns has landed on the daily chart of the Top 10 most watched movies on Netflix in the United States. The movie debuted at number 6 on the chart on Saturday, October 5, with all but one movie (the No. 1 title, Illumination’s sing) above it is newly added releases on the platform. Those movies were Escape plan in number 5, The Garfield movie in number 4, The mechanic At number 3, and the new Netflix exclusive The platform 2 At No. 2. See a screenshot of the chart below:
What this Netflix success means for 2 Guns
The movie’s prospects are turning around after a lukewarm original run
While 2 guns It was added to Netflix relatively recently, which probably contributed to the popularity of the Denzel Washington movie on the platform, its chart performance. May indicate that the movie has been reevaluated more than a decade after its original release. Overall, the movie’s reception was initially lukewarm during its original release. This includes the response from critics, who gave it a barely-fresh score of 64% on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing alongside its similarly tired audience score of 66%.
2 guns‘ Box office performance is also a bit disappointing considering its budget. Because a movie typically needs to earn two-and-a-half times its budget to turn a profit, His break-even point was most likely somewhere around $152 millionA goal in the end it fell somewhat. It was also only the 55th highest-grossing movie of the year, falling behind titles included Escape plan, Red 2, Olympus has fallenAnd Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.
Our success of 2 Guns on Netflix
The movie could boost the profiles of both the stars
While the success of the action movie on Netflix is ​​likely increasing attention on the property across the board, that doesn’t necessarily mean enough interest has been garnered to spark discussions about a possible sequel. however, 2 guns‘ Strong streaming audience Could help boost the prospects of both the stars’ upcoming projectsWhich are due in the next few months. Washington is set to star in Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequel Gladiator II While Wahlberg will direct the action-thriller Flight risk Opposite Topher Grace and Michelle Dockery.
Source: Netflix