Den of Thieves

Finally, STX has posted estimated 3 day weekend box office numbers for DOT  www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

it came in #15 -$930,000 bringing estimated box Office total to $43,431,930.  
No international numbers yet still at WW total $59,591,024.

edited - Monday estimates are now available domestically - bringing 4 day total -- $43,611,930

Screen Daily reported yesterday this on box office for DOT internationally

"STX Entertainment’s Den Of Thieves opens in eight more territories this weekend after reaching an international tally of $20.9m up to and including Thursday. The crime drama with Gerard Butler hit France on Wednesday and moves into Mexico on Friday. "

It is Too bad bad the Black Panther is eating up the International market right now, bad timing for DOT release in the international market which is usually Gerry's stronger box office draw., oh well here's hoping the film will find enough.

Edited to note - Box office mojo has not posted that $20.9 figure yet so that does bring the film to approx.  $65 million worldwide.  

Well if it was $30 million to make, it has more than doubled.  Good news.  I wouldn't be surprised if it goes over $100 million with pay for view and dvd sales.  Finally a movie that made more than it cost in the US market.

I just saw this..... and I think that they put wrong numbers out there. It says that DOT has earned about 126 mill. from which 72. mill. In Russia. 😃

www.the-numbers.com/movie/Den-of-Thieves#tab=international

whatculture.com/film/12-awesome-performances-that-saved-underwhelming-films

12 Awesome Performances That Saved Underwhelming Films


12. Gerard Butler - Den Of Thieves







From its trailer with an awesome Kendrick Lamar soundtrack, Den of Thieves looked like a generic but enjoyable action thriller. The initial perception was only half true. The film is generic, but it's also not very enjoyable. It's soulless, overlong and, until the action finally kicks off in the last third, pretty dull.



However, the film is kept watchable by Gerard Butler who plays the crooked cop trying to catch the thieves with a wonderfully bad-ass demeanor, while also showing pathos from time to time. He's easily the most interesting character in the movie - as well as the only one who feels like a character and not a prop - and he gives the film its much-needed emotional depth. Luckily, Butler's ability to do an American accent seems to have improved as well.



It's a shame that Gerard Butler is stuck in the Hollywood dog-house, because although he makes mostly terrible films he's actually not bad at all. Den of Thieves is a reminder that he's better than everyone thinks he is, and he brings the same mixture of macho masculinity and humanism that he performed with Leonidas in 300.



Thanks to Gerard Butler, Den of Thieves manages to stay just above a two-star rating.

According to Box Office Mojo estimated totals as of this weekend March 4th for domestic and foreign 

Den of Thieves 

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $44,680,327 63.4%
+ Foreign: $25,800,000 36.6%
= Worldwide: $70,480,327
 
Forrign totals are still low for a Gerry movie,  I guess timing is everything and too many big releases are out there internationally to compete with this smaller distribution group I think.  

Do you ladies think Meadow will be in DOT 2. She was a producer in the first one. Do you think she will be attached by producing for the sequel?

Deadline has an article about the financing of DOT2 and it is very interesting. They Styx and Movio did a great job knowing how to promote DOT and the audience they were going after. It is an interesting read.