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Box Office: ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ Chugs $5.8 Million Opening Day
Lionsgate's 'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera,' with Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr., is opening on top of the box office.
The sequel carries a modest $40 million production budget and the studio typically mitigates financial burdens by selling foreign rights to titles ahead of release. Christian Gudegast returns to write and direct “Pantera,” which sees Gerard Butler reprising his role as Big Nick, a Pepto Bismol-chugging L.A. cop, now abroad in Europe to track down heist mastermind Donnie (O’Shea Jackson Jr.). Helmed by “Greatest Showman” director Michael Gracy, “Better Man” drew strong reviews playing fall festivals, with critics largely taken by the premise of having Williams represented by a CGI chimpanzee because, as he puts it in the trailer, he always felt “less evolved than other people.” But the film fizzled in its limited release in late December and, after hoping to plant a flag in awards season, has faded mightily among Oscar prognosticators.
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