Lionsgate is on a quest to right the ship after a terrible 2024 at the box office, and it’s off to a good start with “Den of Thieves: Pantera,” which earned a $15 million opening weekend from 3,008 locations.
Not only is that the first No. 1 for the studio since “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” in November 2023, it is their highest opening weekend since that film as well. It also matches the unadjusted opening of the first “Den of Thieves” back in 2018 and beats the $10.2 million opening of “Plane,” Lionsgate’s last film with “Den of Thieves” star Gerard Butler.