Mel Gibson's 'Flight Risk' is No. 1

Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ is No. 1 at box office, ‘The Brutalist’ expands
Despite the turbulence, Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk” managed to open No. 1 at the box office with a modest $12 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ Nabs No. 1 In Debut At Weekend Box Office
"Flight Risk"—director Mel Gibson’s new action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg—is targeting a No. 1 debut at the weekend box office.
Mel Gibson's “Flight Risk” takes off at No. 1 during sluggish weekend box office
Elsewhere, "Mufasa" holds strong at second, "Presence" makes its box office debut, and "The Brutalist" expands to maintain its footing in the top 10.
Mel Gibson's 'Flight Risk' Is a Miserable, Mind-Numbing Disaster Made by a Washed-Up Bigot
The premise is simple: Michelle Dockery plays U.S. Marshal Madolyn, tasked with transporting wiseass accountant Winston (Topher Grace) on a prop plane from Alaska to Seattle. Daryl (Mark Wahlberg), their shady pilot, is secretly working for the bad guys and tasked with killing Winston before he can testify. That’s it. That’s the setup.
‘Flight Risk’ Reviews: Does Mel Gibson’s Thriller Land With Critics?
Director Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk,” starring Mark Wahlberg, is new in theaters. Does the airplane thriller have a smooth or bumpy landing with critics?
Box Office: Mel Gibson's ‘Flight Risk' Leads Quiet Weekend With Decent $12M Opening
Mark Wahlberg stars in the action-thriller, which marks Gibson's first directorial effort in nearly a decade. Elsewhere, Steven Soderbergh's artsy haunted house thriller 'Presence' opened in 1,750 cinemas.
Mel Gibson's 'Flight Risk' Lands Atop N.America Box Office
Mel Gibson's new action film "Flight Risk" has topped the North American box office, taking in an estimated $12 million on a slow winter weekend, industry analysts said Sunday.
Box Office: Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Flight Risk’ Flies to No. 1 With $12 Million in Yet Another Glacial Weekend
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.
Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ tops slow weekend at box office, as ‘The Brutalist’ expands
Critics lambasted it and audiences didn’t grade it much better. But despite the turbulence, Mel Gibson’s “Flight Risk” managed to open No. 1 at the box office with a modest $12 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
‘Flight Risk’ Review: Mark Wahlberg Hams It Up in Mel Gibson’s Basic Airplane Thriller
Ninety minutes in a confined space with Wahlberg screaming threats of sexual violence? Hard pass It’s weird to find an animal outside of its natural habitat. A penguin floating around the International Space Station instead of waddling through the Antarctic.
Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg Fly Off the Handle in Flight Risk
Mel Gibson challenges himself to just make a normal potboiler with the Hitchcockian premise of Flight Risk. He's not up to it.
Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ lands in first place at box office on opening day
“Flight Risk” landed in first place in the box office on its opening day Friday, earning $4.4 million, according to The ...
A Real ‘Flight Risk’: In January, Only One Film Opened to More Than $12 Million
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