Liam Neeson’s latest film – The Marksman (Vietnamese title The Gunner) is dominating the box office in the US during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Reuters.

Three months after the tense action film  Honest Thief directed by Mark Williams and starring Liam Neeson as Tom Dolan hit theaters, another Neeson action film, The Marksman , opened and took over. 1 position last week with ticket sales of 3.2 million USD in the US.

Liam Neeson (right) is still energetic on set even though he is 69 years old

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Robert Lorenz directed The Marksman , about a rancher, retired former Marine Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson) living in Arizona (USA), who helps a boy escape from a Mexican drug cartel. The film, released in 1,975 locations from January 15. Previously, Honest Thief grossed 3.7 million USD last October and ended its theatrical run with 14 million USD in the US, 28 million USD globally.
Wonder Woman 1984 slipped to second place. Warner Bros. Total ticket sales for the past three days over the weekend were not provided, but the studio expects the superhero sequel starring Gal Gadot to earn $2.6 million.
The Croods sequel The Croods 2: A New Age ranked third, grossing $2.04 million over the weekend. The animated family film improved its sales compared to the previous week, increasing by 13%. After two months in theaters, The Croods: A New Age  has earned $40 million at the domestic box office. Overseas, the film grossed another 2.2 million USD from 17 countries for a total revenue of 94.7 million USD, reaching a global total of 134.8 million USD.
Another Universal title, News of the World , directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks , landed in fourth place with a three-day weekend gross of 1.05 million. USD. Rounding out the top 5 is Sony ‘s  Monster Hunter . The video game adaptation directed by Paul Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich took in $920,000 over the weekend. As of January 18, the film earned 19.7 million USD globally.

Former Marine Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson) in the movie The Marksman

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Overseas, Disney and Pixar’s Soul continues to hold strong at the international box office, especially in China . Soul is currently the third highest-grossing Pixar film of all time in China with $43.1 million. The critically beloved animated family film is not playing in US theaters. Instead, it premiered on the Disney+ streaming service on Christmas Day last year. In total, Soul earned $57.4 million from 11 countries.

Liam Neeson (69 years old) from Northern Ireland, famous for many films: Schindler’s List, Star War Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Les Miserables, Batman Begins, Taken … In mid-January 2021, Liam Neeson announced that he wanted to retire from film act because of old age.  The Marksman opens in theaters in Vietnam from January 22.