More than a decade of its inception, "Johnon Wick" can be the most incredible $ 1 billion franchise. The first film damned nearby went to VOD before securing a theater release, becoming a modest hit. The series then exploded in popularity when "Johnon Vick: Chapter 2" came out. The rest is the history of action movies. Now, Lionsgate hopes to keep this train train in the right direction with a new spin-off in the form of a "ballerina", aka "from the Won Vick: Ballerina". The question is, can this spin-off parliament well the name of Mr. Vick in significant success in the box office?

As it states, director Len Visman's "ballerina" looks at a domestic debut in the range of $ 33 to $ 39 million when arrives next weekend, after Box office theory. That's pretty fine with previous tracking numbers, spin-off between $ 35 and $ 40 million (via The deadline). Remember, the films "Johnon Wick" have performed very well abroad, so international ticket sales will be a major factor here. On paper, this is a solid start, but this will be one of those "marathon no sprint" situations.

Opening in this range would put the latest over Johnon Wick: Chapter 2 (opening of $ 30.4 million/174.3 million worldwide) and under Chapter 3 ($ 56.8 million opening/$ 328.3 million worldwide). The problem is that the ballerina cost a little more than two films, with the budget that is said to be in the range of $ 90 million. This means that it should approach Chapter 3 money globally to justify its existence.

The film focuses on Eva Makaro (Anna De Armas)-Balerina-Predictive in Asassin trained in the traditions of Russian Roma-while seeking revenge for her father's death. The cast includes Angelika Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Redik, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Ridus and Ian McShein. Instead of key, Keanu Reeves repeats his role as Johnon Wick, who leaned on very strongly in the trailers for the movie.

Initially, Lionsgate was not planning to be such an expensive effort, but things didn't go according to plan. "Ballerina" has suffered very expensive and wide reshaped Under the guidance of Chad Stahelski, who directed all four films "Johnon Wick". So while Wisman, best known for his work on the "Underground" franchise, is a lending director, it is a mixture of his work and on the Stahelski screen.

It can eventually prove to be a wise investment from Lyonsgate, Since the first reactions of "ballerina" are greatly positive. That said, there were some controversy over dealing with Lyonsgate's embargo on social networks, with "critical" reactions a later embargo date of "enthusiasm without spoiler". If the studio manages to gather a real pleasure from the crowd, this film can still hit the numbers it needs to hit, but it will have to hang over the weekend to do so.

It can be tricky because the "ballerina" arrives in the middle of the summer season packed with jam. "How to train your dragon" opens next weekend, with "28 years later" and "Elio" by Pixar on June 20. After that, we get "F1" and "M3Go 2.0", with a jonedut that is a "Jurassic World retrospect" started by July. All of these films will fight for oxygen.

Meanwhile, LionsGate has plans for "Johnon Vick 5" and several other spin-offs While they are looking to build the Chinese Universe Johnon Wick. They really need this to work, because if they can get a movie in this universe to work without Reeves in the lead role, they could really have something. If not? Their options can be far more limited in the future.

"Ballerina" hits theaters on June 6, 2025.