Summary
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Law Abiding Citizen
ranks as the ninth most popular movie on Netflix globally for the week of August 5 – 11. - The movie stars Gerard Butler as a man who turns to violence after the criminal justice system fails to exact justice upon his family’s killer.
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Law Abiding Citizen
earned mostly poor reviews from critics, but fared generally better with audiences.
Law Abiding Citizen makes Netflix’s top 10 chart 15 years after its release. Directed by F. Gary Gray, Law Abiding Citizen stars Gerard Butler as Clyde, a man who decides to dish out his own violent form of vigilante justice after the Philadelphia criminal justice system lets his wife and daughter’s killer go free. The film, which also stars Jamie Foxx, wasn’t well-received upon its release in 2009 and has only a 26% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Now, however, data shared by Netflix reveals that Law Abiding Citizen is experiencing success on streaming. The film ranks as the fifth most popular movie on the service globally for the week of August 5 – 11, sporting 10.5 million hours viewed and 5.8 million views total. Law Abiding Citizen beats the likes of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The Bad Guys, and Jack Reacher, but falls short of movies like Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and Kingsman: The Secret Service.
How Did Law Abiding Citizen Do In Theaters?
The Gerard Butler Movie Was A Mixed Bag
Though critics didn’t tend to enjoy Law Abiding Citizen, audiences were generally easier on the Butler thriller. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film’s audience score is a much more respectable 75%, indicating a clear divide between general movie-goers and film critics. This more positive reception from audiences, however, wasn’t quite enough to make Law Abiding Citizen a box office smash hit.
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Made on an estimated budget of $53 million, Law Abiding Citizen ended up grossing $127.9 million worldwide, meaning, if it was a success, it would only have been a very modest one. Using the general Hollywood rule of thumb, the film was likely looking at a break-even point of roughly $132 million. These figures can vary, however, and it’s certainly possible that Law Abiding Citizen did end up becoming profitable while in theaters.
Since Law Abiding Citizen was probably right around its break-even point at the box office, it almost certainly ended up turning a profit on home viewing platforms. Butler has proven to be a consistent draw in this regard, and his action thrillers tend to perform well on digital and streaming in the years after their release. While Law Abiding Citizen may not have been much of a hit back in 2009, it’s certainly finding its audience now on Netflix.
Source: Netflix
Law Abiding Citizen
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In the thriller Law Abiding Citizen, Gerard Butler stars as a man who seeks revenge against the justice system that failed him after his family is brutally murdered. Jamie Foxx co-stars as the prosecutor who failed to convict the killer and Viola Davis appears as the mayor.
- Director
- F. Gary Gray
- Release Date
- October 16, 2009
- Studio(s)
- The Weinstein Company
- Distributor(s)
- The Weinstein Company , Overture Films
- Writers
- Kurt Wimmer
- Runtime
- 109 Minutes
- Budget
- $53 million