Having just about completed two weeks in theaters, the action film Flight Risk is already poised to land on PVOD platforms. Flight Risk debuted to muted box office results a few days ago, but earned the struggling studio Lionsgate its second number one finish of 2025, after a barren spell that lasted over a year. The movie has now passed what could possibly be its final global box office milestone, as it prepares to find a larger audience on streaming. Action films of this kind, more often than not in the post-pandemic era, have relied on theatrical runs to boost awareness for their eventual availability on streaming.
With $22 million domestically and another $8 million from overseas markets, Flight Risk has earned $30 million worldwide. The movie was produced on a reported budget of $25 million, which makes it a bit of an under-performer. Flight Risk is relatively cheap for a movie starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Mel Gibson. Not long ago, both men were firmly a part of the A-list. But while Gibson has long been battling allegations of anti-Semitism, Wahlberg has seen his star dwindle in recent years. Many of his films in the post-pandemic era have forgone theatrical runs entirely.
Flight Risk opened to $11 million domestically, shortly after another action film, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, had broken Lionsgate’s dry run at the domestic box office. The movie follows a pilot tasked with transporting a U.S. Marshal and an informant across Alaska. Wahlberg plays the pilot, while Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace play the two other roles. Wahlberg’s biggest recent hit is Uncharted, which grossed nearly $150 million domestically and more than $400 million worldwide in 2022. Based on the popular video game franchise of the same name, Uncharted was headlined by Tom Holland.
‘Flight Risk’ Earned Poor Critical Reviews
Flight Risk, on the other hand, is a Wahlberg vehicle. The movie opened to negative reviews, and is currently sitting at a “rotten” 29% approval rating on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. In his review, Collider’s Jeff Ewing wrote that the film’s “narrative works a little better than it could (given the film’s threadbare plot and limited setting), but the film’s logic and performances don’t quite carry it through.” You can watch Flight Risk in theaters, and, beginning Valentine’s Day, on digital streaming platforms at home. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Flight Risk
- Release Date
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January 23, 2025
- Runtime
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91 minutes
- Producers
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Bruce Davey, John Davis, Russell Hollander, Christopher Woodrow, Petr Jákl, K. Blaine Johnston
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