“The Beekeeper” is an American action thriller starring Jason Statham and directed by David Ayer.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- The Beekeeper is a 2024 American action thriller film
- The film is directed by David Ayer
- It is written by Kurt Wimmer
- The film stars Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad and Jeremy Irons.
- The Beekeeper was released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios on January 12, 2024
- It received mixed to positive reviews from critics
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 68% ratin
- Based on 108 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 5.8/10
- The website’s consensus reads: “Cheerfully undemanding and enjoyably retrograde, The Beekeeper proves that when it comes to dispensing action-thriller justice, Statham hasn’t lost his sting”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100
- Based on 33 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average” reviews
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
- While those polled by PostTrak gave it an 84% overall positive score
- With 63% saying they would definitely recommend the film
- In the United States and Canada, The Beekeeper was released alongside Mean Girls and The Book of Clarence
- The film is projected to gross $17–19 million from 3,303 theaters in its opening weekend
- It made $6.7 million on its first day
- Including $2.4 million from Thursday night previews
- In August 2021, it was announced that Jason Statham would star in the film for Miramax
- And would also serve as a producer
- David Ayer signed on to direct in May 2022
- Principal photography began in September 2022 in the United Kingdom
- In October, Statham shot scenes at Tyringham Hall in Tyringham
- Filming wrapped that December
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) acquired the film’s distribution rights in the United States in August 2022
- In February 2023, Sky Cinema acquired the rights in the United Kingdom
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