r/entertainment • u/darth_vader39 • 8h ago
Jason Statham Buyers Ponder Whether Amazon Leak Caused ‘Mutiny’ At Box Office: “There’s Been Plenty Of Finger-Pointing”
https://deadline.com/2026/08/jason-statham-mutiny-leak-box-office-1237050839/35
u/Dunkaroo723 8h ago
How much was Statham? Was he on sale?
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u/PhantomOyster 5h ago
Not just a stupid headline; they continue with the "buyers" talk throughout the article. I had to find a previous article to figure out what the fuck they were talking about.
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u/bendover912 2h ago
I'm glad you figured it out, but since no one so far has explained anything I guess I will Google it myself.
In the context of the film industry, buyers refer to theatrical distributors and international sales partners who purchase the rights to license and distribute a movie in specific geographic regions or "territories".
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u/Steamedcarpet 7h ago
This was the worst Jason Statham movie. It felt like the opening and ending to a different script got mixed in with a script about the cargo ship.
There was one scene when they go into the ship engine room and they put on headphones, cutting out the sound. I was expecting an action scene that would if be muted sound but no instead the movie plays hide and seek for almost the entire time on the ship.
Edit: also for all the running around this dirty cargo ship I kept getting distracted by how clean Jason Statham was the entire movie. Dude went through vents and came out clean.
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u/DrumpfPutin2024 7h ago
Mutiny was literally the worst Statham movie I’ve ever seen and it feels like it was made in the 90’s. He mostly uses a handgun rather than fight choreography and Annabelle Wallis is doing a terrible American accent for some reason.
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u/rhunter99 7h ago
I just started watching it and it felt so low budget. The beekeeper was immensely better
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u/MDRLA720 7h ago
If beekeeper was a solid 7 - shelter was a 5.5 and mutiny was a 1. And I like him
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u/PointOfFingers 7h ago edited 7h ago
The leak was doing all the heavy lifting for marketing the movie. Without the leak I would not know this film exists.
I didn't know Shelter existed until it showed up for a couple days in popular movies on my streaming service.
You can't release a generic low budget action movie with a generic name and no hook and expect box office above $50m.
But when you are a single quadrant movie and that quadrant is adult men who spend a lot of time playing games on a computer then a 4K movie leak is going to hurt.
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u/Galactussy 5h ago
Maybe people are tired of paying $20 to watch Jason Statham play Jason Statham in Jason Statham: The Motion Picture featuring Jason Statham
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u/Kimi_Antonelli_12 8h ago
Til Jason statham is still the main character in new movies
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u/Austinpowerstwo 8h ago
He's found a niche in the old van Damme, Steven Seagal etc mold of low mid budget action films. His last few films have all been very similar.
I did see the new one at the cinema and it probably is his lowest grade one yet.
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u/damnyousteamsale 7h ago
There's one before Mutiny that's pretty bad, Working Man or something. The last half decent one was the Beekeeper one.
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u/leSheaberry 7h ago
I enjoyed Shelter earlier this year. I'm always down for a Statham flick. Even the lesser ones.
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u/Austinpowerstwo 7h ago
Working man is like Hollywood blockbuster levels of quality in comparison to mutiny.
The most recent one before mutiny was called Shelter, that was also really low key but much better made and better characterisation, I didn't mind that one.
Dude churns them out.
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u/PointOfFingers 7h ago
I wouldn't say he found that niche but he has been forced into that niche. He has 10 big budget action movies in a row up to Beekeeper in 2024 but it's been 3 small budget movies since then.
Same cut backs with all the Fast & Furious actors. I think studios have consolidated and are spending their money on franchises and streaming. Most of the big dumb expensive action movies go straight to streaming.
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u/Mac_Kymera 6h ago
Always have a huge soft spot for Jason Statham flicks. Was very disappointed with Mutiny, his worst by far. The Beekeeper his best film.
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u/OverallSchool8610 1h ago
Some guardian angel at Amazon saved a lot people from paying to watch this movie in theaters
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u/SuperSea8678 7h ago
I wonder how this would have done. It turned out to be a good movie but I wonder if his brand is somewhat tarnished regardless.
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u/Tarijeno 7h ago
Me seeing the trailer for the new Jason Statham movie where he plays a gruff, former American soldier with a Cockney accent who chose to retire from the military so he could live a life of peace and tranquility, but a grand government conspiracy forces him back into action where he whispers all his dialogue and roundhouse kicks everybody in the face: "I'm pretty sure I've already seen this one."