Little Lionsgate Soars to the Top With John Wick Ticket Sales

But a turnaround effort led by Joe Drake, Lionsgate’s movie chairman, may be starting to show results. “Jesus Revolution,” released by Lionsgate last month, has sold almost $50 million in tickets. (It cost $15 million to make.) In November, Lionsgate will revive its “Hunger Games” franchise with a prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” The studio also has “Saw” and “Expendables” sequels on the way, along with an adaptation of Judy Blume’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.”

There is also, of course, much more “John Wick” in the works, including a film spinoff, “Ballerina,” staring Ana de Armas, and a TV series, “The Continental,” coming to Peacock and Prime Video.

On a conference call with analysts, Jon Feltheimer, Lionsgate’s chief executive, recently described the studio’s coming film projects as “the strongest slate we’ve had for many, many, many years.”

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