Flight Risk, with Mark Wahlberg and helmed by Mel Gibson, grossed $950K in previews. It's eyeing an $11M opening for No. 1, Lionsgate's second YTD.

Lionsgate’s Flight Risk soared to the top spot at the box office - earning $11.5 million in its opening weekend. The action-thriller starring Mark Wahlberg held off Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King, which finished in second place with $8.

Debuting at $12 million (£9.6 million) at the box office, critics have mixed opinions on Wahlberg’s latest turn, with the movie scoring just 25 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with Times critic Kevin Maher condemning the film’s ‘slapshod cliches’ and ‘outdated’ style. So, at least it was worth it then.

Following a disastrous 2024 at the box office, Lionsgate already have their second number one opening of the year with the Mark Wahlberg starring Flight Risk topping the charts. The beleaguered studio had a run of box-office bombs last year with the likes of Borderlands,

Mark Wahlberg embraced a new look for his pilot role in the new movie 'Flight Risk.' The actor, 53, shared photos of his shaved head on Instagram on Thursday, Jan. 23.

After watching Mel Gibson's latest movie, Flight Risk, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace, it makes sense why Lionsgate moved it to a January 2025 release.

Flight Risk,” an action thriller directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg as a balding, unhinged pilot, landed in first place with $12 million from 3,161 North American theaters in its opening weekend.

Lionsgate has extended its multi-year theatrical output deal with Starz as the two studios prepare for full separation.

Actor Mark Wahlberg has revealed how he was required to shave his head every day for his role in the action thriller Flight Risk. The Hollywood star, 53, plays ‘pilot’ Dylan in the airplane-set thriller – leaving audiences shocked by hiding a completely bald head beneath the baseball cap his character initially wears.

Wahlberg portrays a hitman masquerading as a pilot in Mel Gibson's latest movie 'Flight Risk,' in theaters now

Things are still turbulent for Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg's action-thriller Flight Risk, as it has landed a mediocre CinemaScore.