Ben Affleck’s 128-Minute Action Thriller Holds Strong Against U.S. Streaming Competition
Earlier this year, the iconic Hollywood duo of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunited for a brand-new Netflix crime thriller that took everyone by surprise. The Rip, from filmmaker Joe Carnahan (Not Without Hope), saw Affleck and Damon joined by an eye-catching ensemble, including Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another), Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), and more, in a gripping thriller packed with twists that nailed its ending and left many with their jaws on the floor.
As the dust of The Rip's success settles, another Affleck thriller is making its way back up the streaming charts. Teaming up Affleck with Jon Bernthal (His & Hers), The Accountant is a 2016 action flick following a mathematics savant who uses his affinity for numbers to earn money as a freelance accountant for dangerous criminal organizations. Also starring the likes of J.K. Simmons and Anna Kendrick, the movie was a hit with audiences but not critics, earning 77% from the former and just 53% from the latter on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus on the site reads, "The Accountant writes off a committed performance from Ben Affleck, leaving viewers with a scattershot action thriller beset by an array of ill-advised deductions."
Despite mixed reviews from critics, The Accountant was a box office success, recouping its $40 million budget almost fourfold with a global haul of $155 million. Split between a domestic haul of $86 million and a further $69 million from overseas markets, the film became a sleeper hit at the box office and earned itself the green light for a sequel. At the time of writing, The Accountant is back in the streaming charts, placing fourth in the Hulu ranks.
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'The Accountant' Will Be a Trilogy
Although it performed worse than its predecessor at the box office, director Gavin O’Connor and writer Bill Dubuque's return for the sequel in 2025 was popular enough to get the go-ahead for a third installment. Little is known about The Accountant 3, but it is expected that Affleck and Bernthal will return, and hopes are high that it may be released sometime in 2027.
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- Release Date
- October 13, 2016
- Runtime
- 128 minutes
- Director
- Gavin O'Connor
- Writers
- Bill Dubuque
- Producers
- Marty P. Ewing, Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell Taylor, Steven Mnuchin
Cast
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