’s latest action thriller begins playing in theaters everywhere this weekend, but how does it stack up to his other movies? Early previews start today for , but enough reviews for the film have come in to give it a 65% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. This comes from 37 reviews at the time of writing, so it is subject to change as more reviews come in over the weekend, but this is still a solid score that falls only slightly below , which earned a 71% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. However, The Beekeeper netted a strong 92% score from audiences on the aggregate site. If A Working Man is also well-received by audiences, it could become a box office hit similar to The Beekeeper, which grossed over $150 million globally.
A Working Man’s 65% Rotten Tomatoes score falls outside the top 10 on the list of the highest-rated Jason Statham movies. It’s just ahead of , the 2009 sequel to , which earned a 64% rating. However, A Working Man falls behind , the 2019 team-up between Statham and , which sits at 67%. The highest-rated movie of Jason Statham’s career is , the 2015 slapstick action comedy that he stars in opposite and . The film earned a 95% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, which is the highest of his career by a 13% margin. Following behind Spy is , the last outing in the franchise that stars as Brian O’Conner.
The highest-grossing movie of Jason Statham’s career is also one of the highest-rated. Furious 7 netted $1.52 billion at the global box office, more than any movie in Statham’s career. However, the second-highest-grossing movie in Statham’s filmography also belongs to the Fast & Furious franchise. , which was released two years after Furious 7, also grossed over $1 billion, finishing its theatrical run with $1.24 billion at the worldwide box office. Hobbs and Shaw and are the third and fourth-highest-grossing movies of Statham’s career with $761 million and $705 million, and The Meg is the highest-grossing non-Fast & Furious movie of Statham’s career, earning $529 million.
A Working Man begins playing in theaters this weekend. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the film.
