Thursday, March 28, 2024

‘Equalizer 2’ on Track to be #2 At Box Office with $33M Plus Behind ‘Mama Mia’s’ $37M

Denzel Washington
Hollywood, CA – July 17, 2018: Denzel Washington, Producer/Actor, attends the Los Angeles premiere of Columbia Pictures’ THE EQUALIZER 2 at TCL Chinese Theatre, supported in part by Lyft.

*According to Deadline, Universal’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” and Sony’s “Equalizer 2” are both over-performing at the box office and besting their tracking, especially “2.”

So let’s take a deeper dive (via Deadline) and see what’s behind the film’s success

Should Equalizer 2‘s numbers remain intact, it will only be $400K shy from the first installment’s opening, which is remarkable. Audiences already love part 2 better than the first one, A to A-.

Many, including Sony, weren’t expecting this sequel to break the $30M mark, especially off of a ho-hum Rotten Tomatoes score of 49%. Sony reports that the production cost of Equalizer 2 is $62M. However, we hear even after Massachusetts state tax credits, that the net is in the high $70Ms. Still, film finance sources are impressed with the weekend results here for Equalizer 2, and think it could squeeze out a bit of a profit, with a domestic of $85M-$90M and foreign repping 45% of global. Forty-seven percent of the first Equalizer‘s $192.3M global B.O. came from foreign or $90.8M.

RELATED NEWS: WEEKEND WATCH: ‘EQUALIZE 2’ SURPASSES FIRST AND CHER SHINES IN ‘MAMA MIA!’


While it’s been over-written that stars can no longer be relied upon to open movies, in many ways the success here with Equalizer 2 can be pegged to Denzel Washington, who, with a solid entertaining picture, can reach a $30M-$40M opening. The sequel, Washington’s first, is bound to rank in the 2x Oscar winner’s top five of all-time. Equalizer 2 reps Washington’s fourth movie with filmmaker Antoine Fuqua (including Equalizer 1, Magnificent 7, and Training Day, which delivered Washington a best actor win). African Americans are currently the leading demo on PostTrak at 36%, followed by Caucasians at 34%, Hispanic audiences at 17% and Asian at 9%. Eighty-six overall positive here on PostTrak with men over 25 at 49% leading the way, followed by women over 25 at 33%. Also, definite recommend here is 69%.

Get the rest of the continuing box office breakdown at Deadline.

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