Denzel Washington remains a must see box office talent. Washington’s latest film, The Equalizer 3, will bring a four-day Labor Day total of $42 million. That is the second-highest Labor Day opening weekend of all time.
According to Entertainment Weekly, The Equalizer’s Friday to Sunday total is $34.5 million. The leader for Labor Day weekend all time is Marvel’s Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The Equalizer 3 also made $26.1 million intertnaionally for a global total of $60.6 million across three days.
The film stars Washington as elite ex-CIA operative Robert McCall who takes down and Italian mob terrorizing a village of people. You can see the trailer below.
The Equalizer 3 is set to blow fans away in the final installment of the beloved franchise. Based on the 1980s TV series, The Equalizer made its theatrical debut in 2014. The film introduced a new audience to the badass, ex-military vigilante, Robert McCall, played by Denzel Washington. The first movie showed his origin as the Equalizer as he took on a Russian sex trading syndicate, marking the first time he donned the moniker. In The Equalizer 2, McCall went head-to-head with his past and faced his former partner who became a mercenary.
The Equalizer 3 promises to be the biggest adventure yet, as McCall takes to picturesque southern Italy for peace. However, he finds himself in the crosshairs of the Italian Mafia. The movie has also been confirmed to be the last round of McCall’s events. Fans can expect to see Denzel Washington at his most fierce. In the upcoming movie, he revisits his past demons to face his biggest threat yet.
The third and final Equalizer movie has been scheduled for theatrical release on September 1, 2023. Perfectly set for Labor Day weekend, viewers have more time to enjoy the movie. In the past few months, promotion for the movie has kicked off with multiple posters, teasers, and trailers that promise an explosive and thrilling experience.
As expected, The Equalizer 3 will have a full-scale theatrical release. However, The Equalizer 3 will also be joining the first and second movies on Netflix in the future. This will be the best pick for those who would rather stream at home. However, a streaming release date has not yet been confirmed. Regardless, fans can expect to find the blockbuster on streaming by late 2023, or early 2024.
The biggest change in The Equalizer 3 from the previous movies is the change of scenery. While the first two movies were set in Boston, Massachusetts, the final movie takes place in the Italian countryside. The new setting offers new and creative locations for stunts and interesting scenes as can be seen in the trailer. The mafia may seem to have the advantage on their home turf but the fast-paced teasers and trailers have shown that a change of scene is not enough to deter Robert McCall.
Another much-anticipated element of the final movie is the cast. During The Equalizer 2, Fans said goodbye to Melissa Leo’s Susan Plummer. Many fans were left wondering who would serve as Robert McCall’s friend and confidant in the final movie. The decision to cast Dakota Fanning has surely been a joy to many fans. She will be playing Emma Collins, a CIA agent who works with McCall as he takes on the mafia. Their fans are excited for the two actors to work together again. Nearly 20 years ago, they shared the screen in 2004’s Man on Fire. Other new cast members that fans are excited to see in The Equalizer 3 include Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman, Sophia Ammar, and Remo Girone, among others.
The Equalizer showcased Denzel Washington as a kickass action hero. Washington played Robert McCall, a retired DIA operative who worked at a hardware store in Boston. McCall proceeds to go on a bloody vigilante rampage against criminals, namely members of the Russian mob. A sequel was already in the works before the first film’s 2014 release and The Equalizer 2 came out in 2018. The sequel expanded the film’s scope to the globe, watching McCall uncover a DIA conspiracy and getting vengeance for the death of a friend.
Again, a sequel was essentially greenlit before the second film was even released. Series director Antoine Fuqua was interested in making a closed trilogy and The Equalizer 3 officially went into production in 2022. Now we have an incredibly violent trailer to enjoy as we are introduced to Robert McCall’s last ride.
“The Equalizer 3” Has Denzel Take On The Mafia
The Equalizer 3, per Fuqua’s vision for a trilogy-ending film, has moved from Boston to Italy. No longer a hardware store worker or Lyft driver, Robert McCall is now happily retired somewhere on the Italian coast. He’s got some nice local friends, everyone in the community loves him. Finally, it seems like McCall just be happy and live his life. And then the mafia shows up. As one character can be heard telling McCall, “this like many small towns, has a problem. The mafia is like cancer, there is no cure.” McCall, who can’t stand by and watch the innocent be victimized, chooses to make an enemy of the mafia. This leads into the other half of the trailer, which is a whole of Denzel Washington killing people. The trailer literally ends with him standing a guy in the head with a revolver and then firing through the guy’s head.
The previous Equalizer films have not shied away from violence but in a similar manner to John Wick, the films have embraced it more and more as the series has gone on. The Equalizer 3 promises to be bigger and bloodier than its predecessors while also contemplating whether McCall can ever have a “normal life”. Dakota Fanning, David Denman, Sonia Ben Ammar are also set to appear. Due to its setting, the film will also have a strong Italian cast component, notably Remo Girone. The Equalizer 3 is set to release on September 1.
All Robert McCall wanted to do was move to Italy and live a peaceful, retired life. But no, the local mafia had to come and disturb his and the community’s peace. That is the plot of The Equalizer 3, starring Denzel Washington and directed by Antoine Fuqua.
The film is the fifth collaboration between Fuqua and Washington but makes for the reconnection of the Man on Fire star and that film’s co-star Dakota Fanning.
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