Jason Stathamhas been working pretty much constantly for years now. That streak doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon, as his next film,Mutiny, a movie about a former special forces agent clearing his name of a murder he didn’t commit, inches closer to its release in 2026.
The film comes off the back of Statham’s previous two projects,The Beekeeperin 2024 andA Working Manin 2025, which saw varying degrees of success.Statham’s filmshave always been box office draws, buthis projects could be getting riskier due to an unfortunate recent box office trend.
Mutinyhas revealed some cast membersaside from Statham. Now that it officially has a release date, it will be a very solid indicator of what the actor’s future prospects are when it comes to headlining these crowd-pleasing, mid-budget action flicks.
Jason Statham Just Endured An Unexpected Box Office Decline With His Action Movies
A Working Man Made A Lot Less Than The Beekeeper
Statham only appeared in one movie in 2024,The Beekeeper, which was a huge success for the actor, pulling in over $160 million on a $40 million budget, as well as earning the actor a rare critical success. The movie managed to rise above a lot of the generic action products that have flooded the market over the years.
It wasn’t a failure, but the fact that it made so much less is a slightly worrying sign for the actor’s future.
However,A Working Manreceived worse reviewsand earned around $100 million on a $40 million budget, $60 million less than his previous years' success. Now, that’s not to say it was a flop, as it was still a big success, but whencompared directly toThe Beekeeper,it saw a pretty steep drop.
While some of the biggest movies and franchises don’t have to worry about a $60 million difference, for a mid-budget movie likeA Working Man, that amounts to more than the budget of the entire movie. It wasn’t a failure, but the fact that it made so much less is a slightly worrying sign for the actor’s future.
Mutiny Was Thought To Be A Safe Box Office Bet Before A Working Man
Now The Project Is Much More Of A Gamble
Mutinywas announced, written, and shot in 2024, beforeA Working Man’s release, but afterThe Beekeeper.Based on that movie’s success, the January release date, and Statham’s star power, the film looked to be a sure thing, presumably following in the footsteps ofThe Beekeeper.
Now thatA Working Manhas come and gone, this next project definitely seems to be on shakier ground.A Working Manhad everything going for it off the back ofBeekeeper, butit still fell short by a significant margin, andMutinycould suffer the same fate.
The big question about the film now is whether Statham alone will be enough to keep the film afloat.The Beekeepercould very well be an exception, rather than the rule, and whetherMutinybecomes a huge hit or another mid-tier success will certainly be the ultimate decider of that.
Mutiny Can’t Survive Another Big Jason Statham Box Office Drop
The Movie Can’t Afford To Make Less Than A Working Man
IfMutinyisn’t able to recapture the massive success ofThe Beekeeper, thenat minimum it will have to mirror the profit thatA Working Manfound, and become a solid, middle-of-the-road success, even if it isn’t breaking any records.
In general, for a film to be considered profitable, it needs to make around double the reported budget to account for marketing and distribution costs.
If the film isn’t able to do that and drops even further belowA Working Man, then it would likely be a pretty significant failure for the actor. Mid-budget theatrical films have been growing less common in recent years with the rise of streaming services and mega-blockbusters, soany further drop would be a bad sign for Statham’s films.
However, there is plenty of reason to believe that Statham’s next film will still make a big splash at the box office, notably because of just howwellA Working Mandid on streaming. The interest in his movies is there, andMutinycould certainly replicate the success ofThe Beekeeper;it is just more of a gamble now.
