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I’m surprised it has taken this long for a sequel toThe Beekeeperto be announced. Jason Statham’s latest action thrillerThe Beekeeperhit theaters on August 21, 2025, and became a surprise box office hit, earning $152.7 million worldwide against an estimated budget of $40 million. WhileThe Beekeeperdoesn’t scratch the surface ofStatham’s biggest blockbuster performancesin theFast & Furiousfranchise, it still generated impressive margins. With numbers like these, combined with the overwhelming praise from fans resulting in a 92% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s hard to imagine thatThe Beekeeper 2isn’t already in the works.
As of July 2024,The Beekeeperis the fifteenth highest-grossing film domestically ($66.2 million), finishing right underFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga($67.2 million) andCivil War($68.7 million). With a sharp runtime of 1 hour and 45 minutes and an explicit R-rating,The Beekeeperimpressively soared past the opening weekend totals of Statham’s popular 2021 heist movieWrath of Man.The Beekeeperracked up roughly $16.6 million in its opening weekendperiod compared toWrath of Man’s$8.3 million. With a great director in David Ayer and a strong action screenwriter in Kurt Wimmer, I can’t believe aBeekeeperfranchise hasn’t been launched yet.
The Beekeeper Was Successful Enough To Get A Sequel Made
It earned nearly double the box office of the first John Wick movie
The Beekeeperwas much more of a box office hit than the originalJohn Wick, which earned just under $88 million against a budget of $30 million.
Statham’s Adam Clay protagonist inThe Beekeeperis full of his typically admirable grit and no-nonsense charm that has been displayed in dozens of his previous films, including classics likeThe Transporter(2002),The Italian Job(2003),Crank(2006),The Mechanic(2011), andSpy(2015).The Beekeeperalso delivers a brand new concept and story world for Statham to expand on his impressive filmography rather than tossing him another unnecessary franchise movie. This is exactly whyThe Beekeeperneeds to become a franchise because,similar toJohn Wick, the sequels can only go up from here.
The modern vengeance-fueled action thriller has proven to be incredibly portable fortheJohn Wickfranchise, which grossed a total of $1.02 billion across four critically acclaimed sequelsagainst a combined production budget of $245 million. Statham has just as much star power in the action genre as Reeves does, making aBeekeepersequel an absolute no-brainer. In fact,The Beekeeperwas much more of a box office hit than the originalJohn Wick, which earned just under $88 million against a budget of $30 million.John Wick’sbox office didn’t really go off until its sequel was released three years after the original.
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Jason Statham & David Ayer Both Have Interest In The Beekeeper 2
Both recognize the potential for a new action franchise
Both Statham and Ayer are more than willing to team up again forThe Beekeeper 2. Ayer recently commented on the massive potential toexpandThe Beekeeperinto a franchise. “We cracked the door a little bit into the Beekeeper world, and I would love to learn more about them. I’m extremely curious: Where do they come from? Who are they? How do they operate? What happened in the system? It’s just an amazing mythology. There’s so much room to explore.”The Beekeeper 2could theoretically be released in 2027, which would come at the perfect time especially since theJohn Wick franchiselooks to be nearing its end.
Statham is already a crucial part of three massive franchises,The Expendables,The Meg, andFast & Furious. It may very well be that someone as in demand as him may want to keep some of his options open for the possibility that future sequels to those highly profitable franchises may come about. Statham may be less inclined to participate in the creative toll of building a new action franchise from the ground up, considering he is already deeply ingrained in three of the most profitable franchises in modern cinematic history. He is set to appear inFast X: Part 2as Deckard Shaw in 2026.
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Levon’s Trade is based on a screenplay written by Sylvester Stallone
Levon’s Tradeis expected to be released almost exactly one year afterThe Beekeeperwas released, which will likely make it somewhat of a spiritual sequel to the 2024 hit.
Interestingly, Statham and Ayer are teaming up for another project expected to be released in 2025. Statham leads a strong cast inLevon’s Tradewhich also features performances from David Harbour, Michael Peña, Sophie Craig, and Jason Flemyng.Levon’s Tradeis expected to be released almost exactly one year afterThe Beekeeperwas released, which will likely make it somewhat of a spiritual sequel to the 2024 hit.Levon’s Tradeis also based on an adapted screenplay written by Sylvester Stallone, so it makes sense why Ayer and Statham would want to collaborate on the first screenplay Stallone has written in years.
Levon’s Tradefollows Statham’s Levon Cade, who leaves his dark past behind to try and live a simple life working construction and being a good father to his daughter. Cade forces himself into action after his boss’s teenage daughter Jenny mysteriously vanishes and he is called upon to use his expert black ops skills to track down Jenny and make those responsible pay.Similar toThe Beekeeper,Levon’s Tradealso features a criminal conspiracy organization and a hunt for vengeance, which could essentially make it the equivalent ofThe Beekeepersequel under a slightly altered title and premise.
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I Still Want To See The Beekeeper 2 Happen
Statham needs a fresh new action franchise
Even thoughLevon’s Tradesounds awesome and could be an even better version ofThe Beekeeperwith an enhanced screenplay and supporting cast, I still selfishly want The Beekeeper sequel to be greenlit. While Statham has all sorts of potential to take over theExpendablesfranchise and keep churning out moreMegmovies, what he really needs is a fresh new franchise that doesn’t feel overdone or unoriginal, which is exactly whatThe Beekeeperoffers him. IfLevon’s Tradeproves to be just as big of a box office hit asThe Beekeeperwas, then a sequel would seem inevitable.
The seeds are already planted forThe Beekeeperto become Statham’s next franchise. He and Ayer are collaborating on two projects in two years, his box office numbers still prove he’s at the top of his game, and his current franchises are either fading out or are arguably getting too old. Fans loveThe Beekeeperand will likely come back to see the sequel in droves. Simply put, there are too many positives forThe Beekeepersequel not to happen, especially in this modern-day declining worldwide box office.
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The Beekeeper
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The Beekeeper follows a man’s quest for vengeance that escalates to a national level when he is revealed as a former operative of a covert organization known as Beekeepers. The story intertwines personal motives with broader implications, highlighting the intricate web of secrecy and power within the organization.
