The Beekeeper has broken a record of nearly a decade. The new action movie, which was directed by Suicide Squad‘s David Ayer, stars Jason Statham as Adam Clay, a beekeeper who is also a former member of a clandestine organization of elite fighters. When his close friend Eloise Parker (Phylicia Rashad) dies by suicide after being taken in by a fishing scam, Clay uses his skills to exact violent revenge on the company responsible. The movie also stars Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, and Jeremy Irons.
Per Variety, the The Beekeeper release is projected to take in an additional $8.4 million by the end of its second weekend at the domestic box office. Given the fact that its opening weekend earned $16.6 million, this would be a week-on-week drop of just 49%. This would mark the lowest week 2 drop for a Jason Statham action movie since 2016, when The Mechanic: Resurrection dropped 40.5% after opening to $7.4 million.
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The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper is a 2024 action-thriller film by director David Ayer. Jason Statham stars as “Mr. Clay,” a former member of a secret organization known as the “Beekeepers,” who steps back into the field after a close friend is wronged in a phishing scam. To set things right, Mr. Clay will wage a violent war as he discovers that the truth behind the scammers may be more sinister than he realized.
- Release Date
- January 12, 2024
- Director
- David Ayer
- Cast
- Jason Statham , Emmy Raver-Lampman , Josh Hutcherson , Bobby Naderi , Minnie Driver , Phylicia Rashad , Jeremy Irons
- Writers
- Kurt Wimmer
- Studio(s)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , MiraMax , Cedar Park Studios , Punch Palace Productions
- Distributor(s)
- Amazon MGM Studios
