Box Office Bomb: Liberal Sean Penn’s ‘Gunman’ Tanks Hard in 4th-Place Debut

23 Mar, 2015 by Warner Todd Huston

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Apparently there isn’t a soul in America that believes pansy liberal Sean Penn is a rough, tough, action movie star. His hit man action flick totally tanked at the box office.

Part two of the “Divergent” series creamed Penn at the box office. In fact, a tired old Liam Neeson action scripted pic beat Penn. I mean, how often can Neeson do a film where he saves his family and kills 70 people in the process?

The second installment in the “Divergent” series easily topped the box office with $54 million from 3,875 theaters, according Rentrak estimates Sunday. Penn’s geopolitical thriller stumbled with only $5 million.

While the second films in both the “Hunger Games” and the “Twilight” series boasted opening weekend gains over the first, “Insurgent’s” opening nearly matches that of its predecessor, “Divergent,” which debuted to $54.6 million just last year.

Many predicted a bit of growth for this second film, which sees the return of stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet to author Veronica Roth’s dystopian world. But, both distributor Lionsgate and box office analysts see the consistency as a good thing.

“We’re extremely pleased with the outcome,” said Lionsgate’s President of Domestic Distribution Richie Fay.

Penn was a abject failure last weekend.