Fifteen years after its premiere, Law Abiding Citizen still ranks in the top ten on Netflix. Law Abiding Citizen, directed by F. Gary Gray, stars Gerard Butler as Clyde, a father who, after the Philadelphia criminal justice system frees his wife and daughter’s killer, tries to exact his own brutal brand of vigilante justice. Jamie Foxx also stars in the movie, which opened to mixed reviews in 2009 and currently holds a 26% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
But according to data released by Netflix, Law Abiding Citizen is doing well on streaming. With 10.5 million hours watched and a total of 5.8 million views, the movie is currently the fifth most popular movie on the service worldwide for the week of August 5–11. Law Abiding Citizen surpasses films such as Jack Reacher, The Bad Guys, and Kingsman: The Golden Circle, but it is not as good as Kingsman: The Secret Service and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
In theaters, how did Law Abiding Citizen fare?
The Gerard Butler Film Was Not Very Good.
Audiences were often less harsh on Butler’s thriller Law Abiding Citizen, despite the fact that critics didn’t always like it. The movie has a far more respectable audience score of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, which shows a distinct difference between moviegoers and critics. But even with this more enthusiastic response from viewers, Law Abiding Citizen failed to become a huge blockbuster at the box office.
At the conclusion of Law Abiding Citizen, the villain is encircled by flames.
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The Explained Twist Ending of the Law-Abiding Citizen
The 2009 action film Law Abiding Citizen starred Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. Here’s an explanation of the film’s thrilling conclusion.
Produced with an approximate budget of $53 million, Law Abiding Citizen ultimately brought in $127.9 million globally, indicating that its success, if any, would have been small. Based on the standard Hollywood methodology, the movie was probably approaching a break-even point of about $132 million. These numbers could change, though, and it’s possible that Law Abiding Citizen turned a profit while film was in cinemas.
It was disclosed in 2022 that Law Abiding Citizen 2 is being developed, and Butler will be working on the film again as a producer.
Law Abiding Citizen most likely ended in making money on home viewing platforms because it was probably right at the break-even point at the box office. In this sense, Butler has shown himself to be a reliable attraction, and his action thrillers typically do well on digital and streaming platforms years after their initial release. Even while Law Abiding Citizen wasn’t very popular in 2009, it’s definitely gaining traction on Netflix these days.