The Jason Statham/ David Ayer hit The Beekeeper has landed in first place in its third week thanks to strong word of mouth. The weekend numbers are here and with it we are seeing the beginnings of how much the Writers and Actors strikes are going to affect the 2024 box office as there were … Read more
In another quiet weekend, David Ayer’s The Beekeeper kicked Mean Girls out of the top spot in its third weekend, earning $7.4 million (-14%) compared to the latter’s $7.3M (-37%), per Deadline. To date, Beekeeper has collected $42.2M domestically, while Mean Girls sits at $60.8M. Otherwise, the only notable news was the financial bump (or … Read more
It will be a photo finish between Mean Girls and The Beekeeper as the Jason Statham led tale of revenge looks to take first in its third week On Thursday, we predicted that this weekend would look the same as the previous two weekends with the only shake up coming by way of the fourth … Read more
Welcome to the slow movie season, folks. Without any new high-profile pictures released, Paramount’s Mean Girls and MGM’s The Beekeeper remained atop the charts with $11.7 million (-59%) and $8.4M (-49%) apiece, per Deadline. To date, Mean Girls, a musical remake of the 2004 Lindsey Lohan comedy, has accrued $50M through two weeks, while the … Read more
We talk with David Ayer and Josh Hutcherson about their latest, the Jason Statham vengeance thriller, The Beekeeper When it comes to action, I’ve always had an appreciation for Mr. Jason Statham. Even in a less-than-stellar flick, he’s always fun to watch. And thankfully, his latest brought the entertainment in a big way (our EIC … Read more
Audiences embraced the stage adaptation of Mean Girls and the Jason Statham fronted Beekeeper while ignoring The Book of Clarence. After last weeks first new release of the year, Night Swim, failed to really make a mark, this week is seeing two new releases rise to the occasion as Mean Girls landed in first place … Read more
While it’s being sold as another straightforward Jason Statham action flick, The Beekeeper is way better than you think. Truth be told, I had little to no interest in seeing The Beekeeper. While I love action films, I felt burnt out by Jason Statham’s most recent run of movies, including The Meg 2, Operation Fortune, … Read more
We don’t know exactly how Eloise came to take care of Adam, much less precisely what he means when he describes her that way. It’s to the film’s credit that it never elaborates, just as it never elaborates on who Adam was before he became a super-duper extra-secret commando who has never been fingerprinted and exists outside of … Read more
Jason Statham’s latest action thriller has a honey of a premise. Statham has played mechanics, he’s played secret agents, he’s played transporters, he’s played spies. All kinds of people, really, provided they are bald with a fair amount of stubble. That’s really his focus as an actor. But this time he is playing … a … Read more