Overview

• The reboot grossed $28 million globally in its opening weekend—$17 million domestically and $11.5 million internationally—making it one of the decade’s top comedy openings.
• Critics have applauded the film’s blend of legacy-style absurdity and contemporary satire, singling out Neeson’s unexpectedly deft deadpan performance.
• Neeson told Newsweek he views this reboot as a standalone project and does not anticipate reprising his role for a sequel.
• David Zucker, the director of the original Naked Gun, publicly congratulated Schaffer on the reboot’s success despite having no creative involvement or plans to see it.
• Paramount’s greenlight hinged on a daring proof-of-concept sequence mocking studio executives, and test audiences ranked the once-polarizing snowman scene as the film’s standout moment.