Copshop, another cop thriller from the director of The Rip, deserves a bigger audience
In fact, back in 2021, Copshop posted what remains the second-worst opening ever for a movie debuting in 3,000 or more theaters, which feels like quite a rejection. (This is a movie that was widely available in a time of low competition, and audiences still took a hard pass). The presence of Gerard Butler in a bullet-riddled thriller may have drawn some additional viewers at home (which is probably where this movie was always going to do better regardless), but Copshop doesn’t seem to be anywhere near as well-known as other Butler thrillers of the same era like Greenland, which just got a sequel. No such franchising will likely follow Carnahan’s film.
