It was a very quiet weekend for the box office, as January 2025 is off to a powerful slow start. The whole first half of 2024 was pretty brutal, but at least January had hits like "beekeeping" And "mean girls" to help carry the load. Such breakthroughs have not yet emerged this year, but hey, something has to reach the charts even when we look at the equivalent of ticking tickets to Tumbleweeds. Director Mel Gibson's new thriller "Risk of Flying" was that film at the weekend, taking the crown with about $ 12 million. With that, Gibson now has his first number one hit for almost 20 years.

Every weekend in which film manages to take first place with $ 12 million is pretty rude, we need to list the front. Leaving it aside, Lyonsgate should claim to have the number one movie in the country, though for a short time. "Flight Risk" is greeted with a really terrible response from critics and audiences as well as. Will not hold good in the coming weeks. Even so, it was a modestly budgeted image of $ 25 million (before marketing), which means that this will make money when everyone is told and completed. Thus, the controversial director is also firmly firmly in the spotlight, which opens the entire can of worms. Gibson may have directed "Braveheart", but it was a long time ago.

Contained thriller, "Flight Risk" centers of the pilot (Mark Walberg) who are hired to transport air marshal (Michelle dockers) and a key witness (Toher Grace) set to testify in a high profile trial. However, flying over the Alaska desert, it is revealed that not everyone in this small aircraft is who looks. Chaos follows.

If things were shaken differently in the last 20 years, we would not have conducted this exact conversation. However, the fact is that Gibson did a lot to burn his once good name in Hollywood. Of his alleged history of anti -Semitism to declare any match on a Charging the battery against his ex -wifeGibson offenses are well known and, to put it easy, difficult to neglect. And yet here we are, with the man sitting in the chair of the director of the number one in the United States

Despite Gibson's reputation, he continued to work very consistently as an actor, appearing in films like "Boss Level" and the spin-off series "Johnon Wick" "Continental". As a director, however, he was far selective and/or had a harder time to finance. His latest directorial effort came in 2016 with the "Haxval Ridge". While military drama continued to earn $ 180.5 million worldwide, debuting the number three "Doctor Strange" that was in the middle of his big treasurer for Marvel.

The last time Gibson was behind the number one film camera was in December 2006, when his inventive drama "Apocalypto" reached the likes of the "Feast" and "Blood Diamond" with the opening of $ 15 million. He continued to earn $ 120.6 million against a $ 40 million budget. Since then, due to Gibson's various offenses, he has become much harder to be at the center of a high -profile project. Even if the studio wants to work with it, the luggage that comes with it is too difficult to not be considered.

Whether this leads to the return of a variety of Gibson, who knows? Again, "Flight Risk" is greeted with harsh reviewsSo it's not like this is some critical darling. It seemed more likely that the "haxy Ridge" would cause a bigger comeback. No. More likely, this is just an example of a troubled figure to get the opportunity that could have gone to someone else. Obviously, in the eyes of many movie movements, Gibson's name is not enough to take them out.

"Risk of Flight" is now in theaters.