The Accountant 2 has passed a domestic box office milestone and landed on a major chart at the same time. The new movie is a sequel to Ben Affleck’s 2016 action-thriller and features the return of his autistic accountant character Christian Wolff alongside Jon Bernthal as his brother Braxton, Cynthia Addai-Robinson as FinCEN Deputy Director Marybeth Medina, and J. K. Simmons as ex-FinCEN director Raymond King. The Accountant 2 release kicked off with an opening weekend that grossed $24.5 million, landing at No. 3 for the weekend behind the Revenge of the Sith re-release and the sophomore weekend of Sinners.
Per Deadline, as of Saturday morning, The Accountant 2 is projected to gross a 3-day total of $9.8 million by the end of its sophomore weekend at the domestic box office. This total, which sees it dropping roughly 60%, will push the movie’s cumulative domestic gross to $41.4 million, making it the 10th 2025 release so far to pass the $40 million domestic milestone.
According to The Numbers‘ chart of the star’s box office performance throughout his career, this means that the movie is set to nab a place among Affleck’s highest-grossing movies all time at the domestic box office, outgrossing more than two dozen other titles and stealing the No. 20 slot from 2009’s State of Play ($37 million).
What This Means For The Accountant 2
It Could Climb A Few More Slots
By passing this major domestic milestone, The Accountant 2 has already outgrossed a number of major Ben Affleck movies, including 2007’s Smokin’ Aces ($35.7 million), 1993’s Dazed and Confused ($8.3 million), 2021’s The Last Duel ($10.8 million), 1992’s School Ties ($14.7 million), and 2004’s Jersey Girl ($25.3 million). It may also continue to climb, though it will need to gross an additional $11.1 million in order to surpass the next-highest movie on the chart, which is 2023’s Air ($52.5 million). Below, see a breakdown of the five titles ahead of the new release on the chart:
|
Title |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|
|
Changing Lanes (2002) |
$66.8 million |
|
Field of Dreams (1989 – extra role) |
$64.5 million |
|
Paycheck (2003) |
$53.8 million |
|
Forces of Nature (1999) |
$52.9 million |
|
Air (2023) |
$52.5 million |
|
The Accountant 2 |
$41.4 million (est.) |
It ultimately seems entirely unlikely that 2025’s The Accountant 2 will be able to break into the Top 10, which ranges from 2003’s Daredevil ($102.5 million) at No. 10 to 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($330.4 million) at No. 1. To compare, Daredevil had already made $69.5 million at the domestic box office by the end of its sophomore weekend, while Batman v Superman had made $260.4 million.
What This Means For The Accountant 2
It Might Not Match The Original
Another impediment to The Accountant 2 continuing to climb the Ben Affleck chart is that it faces some major theatrical competition throughout the remainder of the month. Upcoming new releases in May include the horror sequel Final Destination: Bloodlines, the Tom Cruise action movie Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and the Disney live-action remake Lilo & Stitch. Should that prove to be the case, it will ultimately be unable to outgross the original movie, which earned $86.3 million at the domestic box office.
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Source: Deadline & The Numbers
The Accountant 2
7/10
- Release Date
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April 25, 2025
- Runtime
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124 minutes
- Director
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Gavin O’Connor
- Writers
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Bill Dubuque
- Producers
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Ben Affleck, Kevin Halloran, Matt Damon, Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell Taylor, Scott LaStaiti, Michael Joe, Mark Williams, Alison Winter