Ministry opened to $8.9M
- Zoom TV's box-office forecast says 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' opened to about $8.9 million in North America. - The figure is being used as a comparandum for other studio release expectations this weekend. - That concrete opening number provides a recent benchmark for mid-range action releases in current box-office analysis (zoomtventertainment.com).
Guy Ritchie’s *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* opened to $8.9 million in North America, a number now showing up as a benchmark for newer mid-budget action releases. (boxofficemojo.com) Box Office Mojo lists the film’s domestic opening at $8,913,698 after its April 19, 2024 wide release by Lionsgate. The same page puts its final domestic gross at $20.5 million and worldwide total at $29.8 million. (boxofficemojo.com) The Numbers says the film opened in 2,845 theaters and carried a reported $60 million production budget. Its opening weekend accounted for 43.4% of its total domestic run, a sign of a front-loaded theatrical performance. (the-numbers.com) Before the weekend was over, trade coverage showed how narrow the runway was. Variety reported $3.7 million on opening day, including $1.45 million from previews, while the film played against *Civil War* and Universal’s *Abigail*. (variety.com) That $8.9 million start matters in current forecasting because it gives analysts a recent comp for a Guy Ritchie action title with Henry Cavill in the lead. Zoom TV’s April 22, 2026 forecast for *In the Grey* cited *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* alongside *Wrath of Man* when framing a projected $4 million to $7 million opening. (zoomtventertainment.com) The comparison is not exact. *In the Grey* pairs Cavill with Jake Gyllenhaal and is scheduled for May 15, while *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* opened on April 19, 2024 under Lionsgate with a World War II action-comedy pitch. (zoomtventertainment.com) (the-numbers.com) The movie also arrived with solid but not dominant critical support. Rotten Tomatoes describes it as “another solid entry” in Ritchie’s catalog, and Metacritic lists a 55 score from 38 critic reviews, which falls in its “mixed or average” range. (rottentomatoes.com) (metacritic.com) For studios and forecasters, the takeaway is straightforward: a recent R-rated Guy Ritchie action film with recognizable stars opened just under $9 million domestically, and that figure is now part of the arithmetic for what comes next. (boxofficemojo.com) (zoomtventertainment.com)
