Further, he's on a roll with appearances as the villain in 2015's Furious 7 (with sequel Fast 8 ready for April 14, 2017) and an over-the-top hitman in Paul Feig's comedy Spy, a Critics' Choice-nominated performance.Īt Resurrection's low-key Hollywood's premiere Monday, director Dennis Gansel told USA TODAY that Mechanic's premise is a solid formula for a "dirty James Bond" franchise. Statham has carried middling franchises such as Transporter and Crank and played a supporting role in The Expendables. "You don't see a lot of theatrical bottom lines for a (movie like this) that end up producing a sequel. So it's a surprise to some to see Mechanic: Resurrection heading to theaters Friday - the rare sequel to a remake and a follow to a film that didn't wow onscreen. Mechanic's tepid $11.4 million haul ranked it third at the box office that weekend, behind two other forgotten movies, the romantic comedy No Strings Attached and horror film The Rite (the champ with $14.8 million).Įven with supporting performances by Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland - plus plenty of explosions - The Mechanic grossed a so-so $62 million worldwide.Īfter accounting for promotional costs and theater take on top of its $40 million production budget, The Mechanic likely lost money at theaters, says Jeff Bock, senior box-office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. The remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson action thriller, with Jason Statham as a hitman who kills so expertly it looks like an accident, opened nearly as stealthily on Jan. You might not remember when The Mechanic came out, and that's OK.
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