Denzel Washington is back as Robert McCall in The Equalizer 3. Director Antoine Fuqua caps his trilogy of action thrillers centered around a vigilante with a mysterious past. The new movie sees McCall finding a home in Southern Italy, but trouble soon finds him as he finds himself face-to-face with the Mafia. The first Equalizer … Read more
Denzel Washington’s The Equalizer trilogy concludes this weekend, which means now is the perfect time to look back on the series and rank them from best to worst. Personally, none of them are awful, but one of the films definitely stands out amongst the other two. Where does this latest entry rank among the franchise? … Read more
Never doubt the power of an A-list superstar. The Denzel Washington-led Equalizer 3 destroyed all competition at the domestic box office en route to a $42 million 4-day weekend ($34.5M 3-day) after an impressive $13.1M Friday, per Deadline. That’s about on par with the previous two entries in Antoine Fuqua’s franchise, a hair under The … Read more
The third chapter in Denzel Washington’s lucrative franchise opened with a solid $34.5 million, second highest ever for Labor Day Weekend. Denzel Washington returned to theaters this weekend with his first ever threequel, The Equalizer 3, which saw an opening weekend of $34.5 million and a 4-day expected to hit $42 million, slightly above where … Read more
The Equalizer 3‘s box office opening projects to be the lowest the franchise has seen, according to recent projects and the film’s return in previews. The Denzel Washington-led film — which released this week — made $3.8 million in previews at the box office (via Variety), and is now expected to make somewhere between $28 … Read more
The Equalizer 3 looks to open around $43 million for its 4-day haul, second only to 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ $94.6 million. Denzel Washington once again proves his movie star status as his Equalizer 3 is currently looking at a solid $35-$37 million weekend, with around $43 million 4-day take, … Read more
You won’t guess what mundane package McCall has just murdered an army of killers to get. But it doesn’t really matter. While the ham-fisted McGuffin doesn’t serve the rest of the film, this opening scene—from its stomach-churning violence to the reliance on impractical effects—indicates where this once enjoyable nuts-and-bolts action franchise has gone wrong. Antoine … Read more
Antoine Fuqua, director of The Equalizer film series, is being sued by a former collaborator. The consultant claims Fuqua refuses to pay or credit him for his alleged work on the the latest film. Lawsuit claims that Fuqua didn’t pay or credit consultant In a complaint filed on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court (via … Read more
AI-powered de-aging is becoming more commonly used. And while he’s in tons of different kinds of movies, Denzel Washington is an unequivocal action star while appearing in the Equalizer movies. That being said, it’s a little difficult to pull that off at 68. While Tom Cruise is not quite that old, the same kind of de-aging was … Read more
Antoine Fuqua says he could imagine de-aging Denzel Washington for an Equalizer origin story after seeing how technology has advanced. The Equalizer franchise’s Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has lived a storied life, taking a bite out of crime and stomping gangsters like Goombas under Mario’s boots. Before battling Russian thugs in 2014’s The Equalizer or taking on rogue … Read more