‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ Wins Raves as Sequel’s Early Box Office Builds

Overview

• The Finnish action sequel opened in U.S. theaters on November 21 and is holding a Rotten Tomatoes score near 96 percent.
• Collider reports worldwide grosses of roughly $7 million after the first week, with projections that it could pass $10 million by Sunday.
• The original Sisu has climbed back onto Tubi’s U.S. movie chart following the sequel’s release but is now drifting toward the lower end of the top 10.
• Writer-director Jalmari Helander returns with star Jorma Tommila, and Stephen Lang joins the cast as the villain.
• Helander described the sequel’s conclusion as a fitting endpoint while leaving room for a third film, and he is now in pre-production on a Rambo prequel.