2 Gunsis climbing the charts on Netflix. The 2013Mark Wahlberg action moviefeatured the star playing Michael “Stig” Stigman, a special ops officer with the U.S. Navy opposite Denzel Washington as DEA Special Agent Bobby Trench. Both have been working undercover in narcotic, unknown to the other, which causes an incident that forces them to go on the run with only each other as backup. When it premiered, the movie grossed $131.9 million worldwide against its $61 million budget.
Now,2 Gunshas landed on the daily chart of the Top 10 most-watched movies onNetflixin the United States.The movie appeared at No. 6 on the charton Saturday, October 5, with all but one movie (the No. 1 title, Illumination’sSing) above it being newly added releases on the platform. Those movies wereEscape Planat No. 5,The Garfield Movieat No. 4,The Mechanicat No. 3, and the new Netflix exclusiveThe Platform 2at No. 2. See a screenshot of the chart below:
What This Netflix Success Means For 2 Guns
The Movie’s Prospects Are Turning Around After A Lukewarm Original Run
While2 Gunshas itself been added to Netflix relatively recently, which likely has contributed to the popularity of theDenzel Washington movieon the platform, its chart performancecould indicate that the movie is being reevaluated more than a decade after its original release. In general, the reception to the movie was originally lukewarm during its original release. This includes the response from critics, who have given it a barely-Fresh score of 64% on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing alongside its similarly middling audience score of 66%.
A movie has to have a score of 60% or more in order to be considered “Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes.
2 Guns' box office performance was also somewhat disappointing considering its budget. Because a movie typically needs to earn two-and-a-half times its budget to turn a profit,its break-even point was most likely somewhere around $152 million, a goal it ultimately fell somewhat short of. It was also just the 55th highest-grossing movie of the year, falling behind titles includingEscape Plan,RED 2,Olympus Has Fallen, andJackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.
Our Take On 2 Guns' Netflix Success
The Movie Could Boost The Profiles Of Both Stars
While the success of theaction movie on Netflixis likely increasing attention on the property across the board, this does not necessarily mean that enough interest has been garnered to ignite discussions around a possible sequel. However,2 Guns' robust streaming audiencecould help boost the prospects of both stars' upcoming projects, which are due in the next few months. Washington is set to star in Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequelGladiator IIwhile Wahlberg will topline the action-thrillerFlight Riskopposite Topher Grace and Michelle Dockery.
2 Guns
Cast
2 Guns follows a DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who unknowingly investigate each other while trying to infiltrate a mob organization. They discover they’ve been set up and must confront the criminals they thought they were stealing from.
