Sony’s new movie, “Uncharted”, hit theaters just a few days ago. But it is already achieving a big score at the box office, exceeding estimates. Faced with such success, the studio is already preparing the sequel to what it now considers a franchise.
Uncharted exceeds expectations
Since Wednesday, February 16, spectators in France can discover Uncharted in theaters. The film is based on the hit video game series. But its plot takes place before that of the first games. The feature film tells us how young thief Nathan Drake is recruited by treasure hunter Victor Sullivan, aka “Sully”, to find Magellan’s treasure. We, therefore, follow the adventures of the two men at the same time as they must learn to collaborate.
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While not all critics were enthusiastic about Uncharted, the film by Ruben Fleischer seems to please the public. In its first days of operation, the feature film wore by Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg notably amassed $ 51 million in revenue in the United States, while experts thought it would “only” earn $ 30 million. . At the international level, the film cumulates $139M in receipts at the time of writing. He exceeded expectations by Sony, which distributes it. To the point that the studio took a radical decision.
Sony is already preparing the sequel
Sony Chairman Tom Rothman has already announced that uncharted was now treated as a franchise. This is Deadline who revealed this information after obtaining an email from Rothman intended for studio employees. In it, the president of Sony is pleased with the success ofUnchartedwhich is for him proof that a film released only in theaters can still work at a time when streaming platforms are exploding.
On his side, Ruben Fleischer also recently revealed that he hoped to have the green light to direct the sequel to the first opus. He should therefore see his wish granted. The official announcement of the launch of Uncharted 2 should be arriving soon. Given Rothman’s enthusiasm for the success of the first, Sony could even directly launch other films in the universe. The collaboration between the studio and Tom Holland, already the headliner of the box Spider-Man: No Way Home does not seem ready to stop.
