John Wick reaches the billion-dollar club! The movie series achieved a major feat after John Wick: Chapter 4, starring Keanu Reeves, came out in March. The film, backed by Lionsgate, crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office with total earnings of $1.011 billion. The series has four movies in total, including the latest one, which released on March 24.
John Wick: Chapter 4: Global Earnings
The fourth movie in the series was the most successful one. It made over $425.8 million worldwide so far. It also became the sixth-highest-grossing movie of 2023.
The fourth and last movie in the series had a huge budget of $100 million. Chad Stahelski directed John Wick: Chapter 4, which featured Hiroyuki Sanada, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard, Laurence Fishburne, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Ian McShane as the cast.
Lionsgate’s Joe Drake expressed his reaction to the huge milestone in a statement to Deadline. He said, “This milestone shows the amazing work of Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves, along with Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, who have aimed to surpass themselves with each new film in this series.”
He also added, “We are very thankful to the global audience for making this incredible achievement possible.”
Global earnings The films starring Keanu Reeves became more popular with each new release. The first movie of the action series came out in 2014 and made $86.1 million. Chapter 2 made $171.54 million, and the third John Wick chapter, Parabellum, made $326.7 million.
Will there be a John Wick Chapter 5?
John Wick: Chapter 4 is supposed to be the last movie of the beloved series, but there are rumors about a fifth movie. According to some reports, Lionsgate Films is thinking about bringing back Keanu Reeves as John Wick for the fifth movie of the series.
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Drake said, “There’s a desire and a willingness. And you can read the ending in different ways. We’re going to take a short break and then think about whether there’s a believable way to do five. But there’s no promise.”