‘Free Guy’ Scores $51 Million Box Office Opening and a Sequel
Ryan Reynolds has another hot movie on his resume – ‘Free Guy’ is a hit.
The movie managed to pull in the largest opening weekend since the pandemic started – $51 million globally. 20th Century Studios (aka Fox after the merger with Disney) went with a theater-only release and the gamble paid off. It was only expected to pull in $15-20 million, but a ton of favorable reviews and a great marketing campaign helped push folks to buy tickets.
And it sounds like fans will be getting more time with Guy.
Aaaannnnd after 3 years messaging #FreeGuy as an original IP movie, Disney confirmed today they officially want a sequel. Woo hoo!! #irony pic.twitter.com/85mMxW4owx
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 14, 2021
In this epic adventure-comedy “Free Guy,” a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game decides to become the hero of his own story…one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way… before it is too late.
The cast is led by Ryan Reynold and includes Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Taika Waititi. It’s Directed by Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Night at the Museum) and based on a story by Matt Lieberman (2019’s The Addams Family, Playing with Fire).
Free Guy is in theaters (and only theaters) now.
