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Sign in to your Collider account Add Us On follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recapGuy Ritchie doesn’t usually need an algorithmic boost to get people clicking, but streaming has a special talent for resurrecting the in-between movies. And Ritchie doesn’t have a lack of slick genre hybrids that aren’t quite as universally embraced as The Gentlemen, yet play incredibly well when audiences just want a tight, propulsive hit of cinematic wit and competence.
This week, one of his most debated post-2019 pivots is getting that exact kind of second wind: a brisk, star-powered spy caper that suddenly feels like a perfect one-sitting antidote to bloated action slates. The appeal is practical, not mysterious. At 114 minutes, it moves like a con job: clean set-ups, quick payoffs, and a cast that knows how to turn exposition into jokes and tension into rhythm. Jason Statham plays the cool-headed pro, Aubrey Plaza brings a chaotic edge, and Hugh Grant weaponizes smugness. So even viewers who bounce off the tone still tend to respect how efficiently it delivers its “mission movie” pleasures. Guy Ritchie’s brand is pace, and this is pace-first Ritchie.
The title is Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, and as per FlixPatrol, the film has been trending across multiple platforms and regions. In the U.S., it’s surged onto Amazon Prime Video’s Top 10 Movies at #2 at the time of writing, while in Finland, it’s already hit #3 on HBO Max’s movie chart the same day. And this is landing alongside the full Top 10 archives for Denmark and Finland on Viaplay, in the #7 to #10 range on Hulu in Japan, and consistently at #5 for the last week on Vidio in Indonesia.
'Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre' Didn't Do Well at the 2023 Box Office
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre didn’t have much theatrical muscle in 2023, and the grosses show why it quickly became a catch-it-on-streaming title. In the U.S./Canada, it opened to $3.14M and finished with just $6.50M domestic, meaning most of its ticket revenue had to come from overseas to even look respectable. Internationally, it did the heavy lifting at $42.49M, pushing the worldwide total to $48.98M. That’s not disastrous for a mid-budget programmer, but for a film reported to have a $50M budget, the theatrical run feels like a clear underperformance before marketing and distribution costs are even considered.
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Like Follow Followed R Action Comedy Thriller Release Date March 3, 2023 Runtime 113 minutes Director Guy Ritchie Writers Marn Davies, Guy Ritchie Producers Jason Statham, Steven Chasman, Bill Block, Ivan AtkinsonCast
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