John Wick: Chapter 4 punched, kicked, and then shot several times its box office competition over the weekend. The fourth entry in the Keanu Reeves-helmed action series collected $73.5 million in ticket sales. To put this in context, the first John Wick pulled in $14 million on its opening weekend; John Wick: Chapter 2 made $30.4 million; and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum made $56.8 million. Rarely does a fourth entry in a franchise surpass its predecessors, but then again it was also the most expensive, costing more than $100 million.
Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022’s grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
2024 is the Year of the Dragon for the Lunar New Year, which kicks off February 10. To commemorate the occasion, the U.S. Post Office unveiled a new dragon stamp.
