Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Gerard Butler’sDen of Thieves 2 : Panterawasn’t the success the thespian might have hoped for , but another big release coming just a few months later in 2025 should bear witness more than enough to plow matter around . AfterDen of Thieves 2 ’s endingleft great deal of elbow room open for a sequel , it was clear from a story view thatDen of Thieves 3 ’s confirmationwould come quickly on its heels . But off - screen , there was a draw more reason for doubt .
One specially notable struggle forDen of Thieves 3will be how the subsequence can bestow toDen of Thieves 2 ’s castto contribute a bit more hotshot magnate to the picture show ’s selling . It ’s important for any sequel to work up on its predecessor for rationalise continued interest , butDen of stealer 2establishes a specific pauperism for any sequels to up their game to keep the franchise drop dead . However , only if he did n’t have another vouch striking coming up , Den of Thieves 2might have given Butler greater cause for concern .
Den Of Thieves 2 Wasn’t As Big Of A Hit For Gerard Butler As Expected
It Made Less Than The First Movie Against A Higher Budget
WhileDen of Thieves 2 ’s streaming releasemay boost its popularity late in the game , its box role execution was another story . By the stock appraisal that a moving-picture show necessitate to make more than double over its budget to at least break even , the firstDen of Thievesbarely screech by with $ 80.5 million against a $ 30 million budget . The subsequence fared much bad . Den of stealer 2made only $ 56.8 million at the box office , a drop of more than $ 23 million from the original despite raising the budget to $ 40 million .
Den of Thieves similarities to the Fast & Furious dealership are about to get a whole tidy sum stronger thanks to an exciting recent casting tease .
This came as a baffling dashing hopes for the continuation in light of its more or less more favorable critical receipt compared to the first outing . Butler also has at least two major action continuation on the horizon , with the announcements ofDen of Thieves 3and anAngel Has Fallensequel(marking the 4th plastic film in theHas Fallenfranchise ) , but it ’s not exclusively decipherable as yet when either sequel will start filming . If the actor want a hit under his swath at any point in the near future , it falls on another highly call enfranchisement film to shoulder that incumbrance .
Gerard Butler Has A Guaranteed Box Office Hit Coming With The Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon
Disney’s Established A Precedent That Even Their Biggest Critics Can’t Deny
TheHow to Train Your Dragonremakereleases on June 13 , 2025 , and it ’s middling much guaranteed to turn a net profit . While some recent live - activeness remaking produced by Disney performed less than the studio apartment might have hoped , the only major fizzle in the last five years has beenThe piffling Mermaid , which suffered review - bombardment yet still made back importantly more of its budget than 2020’sMulan . Butother live - action remakes such asAladdin , The Lion King , andBeauty and the Beasthave all realize more than $ 1 billionwith budget of less than $ 300 million .
How To school Your Dragon ’s lively - action remake wo n’t change iconic component of the report , and that ’s the right call for Dean DeBlois to make .
WithGerard Butler reprising his role as Stoickfrom the original film , How to Train Your Dragon ’s closest autotype may beThe Lion King . Disney ’s remaking similarly chose to bring back James Earl Jones as Mufasa and direct home more than $ 1.6 billion at the box office , the same amount as all threeHow to Train Your Dragonmovies merge . How to develop Your Dragondoesn’t necessitate to achieve anything that extreme to clear a earnings , but it ’s already fix a few things working in its favour to earn much bigger gains thanDen of Thieves 2 .
How To Train Your Dragon Was Always A Safer Box Office Play For Gerard Butler Than Den Of Thieves 2
It Didn’t Help That Den Of Thieves Waited So Long To Release A Sequel
The onlyHow to Train Your Dragoncontroversyworth discussing is many fan ' concern that it will be too similar to the original . Others plain about its departure , but neither of these issues has hurt most hot - action remakes aside fromThe Little Mermaid . Big - budget sept pic have more aggregate appeal than a movie likeDen of thief 2 , and even many adult sports fan of the original who might ’ve given the remaking a crack will inevitably wind up buying multiple ticket to accommodate tike who do n’t worry about the motion-picture show ’s artistic meritoriousness , only the adventure .
Remakes likeHow to Train Your Dragonare also generally safer bets because they come from established franchises , in this case , one with a 15 - yr foothold in the cultural zeitgeist . Numerous sequels , video shows , and short films have helped cement its station , whereasDen of stealer 2was expected to earn a profit after giving the franchise seven eld to lose momentum between the first film and the continuation . That made the subsequence incredibly high-risk in way that a family film likeHow to Train Your Dragonsimply wo n’t have to occupy about as much .
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Sheriff " Big Nick " O’Brien cross Donnie Wilson to Europe after his daring escape . As Donnie becomes profoundly involved with diamond thieves and the Panther mafia , the stakes come up with a plan to rob the world ’s largest diamond interchange . The film promises intense action mechanism and suspense across international borders .
How to Train Your Dragon , dress on the Viking island of Berk , fall out Hiccup , a young Viking who challenges tradition by befriend a Night Fury dragon named Toothless . Their bond reveals novel insights about dragons and transforms Viking society ’s understanding of these animate being .
Sheriff “Big Nick” O’Brien tracks Donnie Wilson to Europe after his daring escape. As Donnie becomes deeply involved with diamond thieves and the Panther mafia, the stakes rise with a plan to rob the world’s largest diamond exchange. The film promises intense action and suspense across international borders.
How to Train Your Dragon, set on the Viking island of Berk, follows Hiccup, a young Viking who challenges tradition by befriending a Night Fury dragon named Toothless. Their bond reveals new insights about dragons and transforms Viking society’s understanding of these creatures.
