Henry Cavill and Guy Ritchie's Biggest Box-Office Bomb Officially Hits 40-Day Winning Streak

Apart from Alan Ritchson, who has emerged as a bona fide streaming-era star thanks to Prime Video's Reacher, if there's one person who can be counted on to draw audiences for streamers, it's director Guy Ritchie. The irony is that he hasn't had a theatrical hit in five years. The most recent movie he directed that did well at the box office is Wrath of Man, which served as a long-awaited reunion between him and his old partner-in-crime, Jason Statham. Wrath of Man was released in 2021, grossing more than $100 million at the worldwide box office against a reported budget of $40 million. Since then, Ritchie has directed numerous mid-budget movies for theaters, but none of them have broken even at the box office, let alone turned a profit. The latest is an action-thriller entirely in Ritchie's wheelhouse. The movie drastically underperformed in theaters earlier this year, but like so many of Ritchie's recent movies, has turned out to be a major home-video hit.

The film reunited Ritchie with stars Henry Cavill, with whom he worked on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare; Jake Gyllenhaal, who starred in Ritchie's The Covenant; and Eiza González, who played supporting roles in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and Fountain of Youth. By the way, none of these movies were hits either. The new film also features Rosamund Pike in a sinister supporting role; Pike will play a more pivotal part in Ritchie's upcoming film Wife & Dog, which is slated for release in February 2027. It remains to be seen if Ritchie can turn things around with the film.