It labored for Liam Neeson — so why not Jason Statham?
As three totally different “Taken” movies show, moviegoers adore it when motion stars search out kidnapped daughters.
Statham’s newest star automobile, “A Working Man,” was launched on Friday, and in it, the British actor performs a former black ops soldier who takes a building job, however swings into motion when his boss’ daughter is taken by human traffickers.
“A Working Man” took in $5.6 million in first-day ticket receipts, which was simply sufficient to land the movie the field workplace’s No. 1 slot, in keeping with The Numbers.
One other movie hitting theaters Friday was “The Chosen: Last Supper, Part 1,” which earned $5 million throughout its first day.
The movie, an extension of the favored collection “The Chosen,” finds Jesus Christ returning to the holy metropolis, solely to search out the Temple overrun by the corrupt and immoral.
The second a part of the epic movie releases April 4.
The universally-panned dwell motion remake of “Disney’s Snow White” offered one other $3.7 million tickets on Friday, its eighth day in theaters. The movie has grossed greater than $56 million.
Psychological horror flick “The Woman in the Yard” earned $3.6 million on its first day of launch Friday, ending No. 4 on the listing.
The Prime 5 was rounded out by star-studded movie “The Death of a Unicorn,” starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, which raked in $2.2 million throughout its first day in theaters.
