Pantera made $1.35M yesterday from showtimes that began at 6PM, a figure that’s ahead of the $950K previews of the original 2018 movie by +42%, but under last year’s other guy meat and potatoes movie,

Big Nick and his boys have heisted a No. 1 opening. Lionsgate’s crime sequel “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” debuted on top of domestic charts after cashing roughly $5.8 million on opening day from 3,008 theaters.

Owen Gleiberman of Variety calls Den of Thieves 2: Pantera a satisfying impersonation of a high-end crime film, saying that Gerard Butler is good enough to lift “a piece of pulp so it almost seems like a real movie.” The critic continues: