Rampage,” starring Dwayne Johnson, tore across UK theatres, grossing an estimated weekend total of £4,102m across 555 screens at the UK box office, including an impressive £950K in preview showings. The announcement was made today by Josh Berger, President and Managing Director of Warner Bros. Entertainment UK, Eire and Spain.
In making the announcement, Josh Berger stated: “‘Rampage’ is a massive, broad audience film that demands to be seen on the big screen – from the creatures to the visual spectacle … to Dwayne Johnson himself. Dwayne, director Brad Peyton and the rest of the cast and crew have delivered everything audiences want from an action movie event.”
“Rampage” also stars Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”), Malin Akerman (TV’s “Billions”), Jake Lacy (TV’s “Girls”), Joe Manganiello (TV’s “True Blood”), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (TV’s “The Walking Dead”); as well as P.J. Byrne (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Marley Shelton (TV’s “Rise”), Breanne Hill (TV’s “Frontier”), Jack Quaid (“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”), Matt Gerald (TV’s “Daredevil”), Jason Liles (“Death Note”), Demetrius Grosse (TV’s “The Brave”), and Will Yun Lee (TV’s “Hawaii Five-O”).
Peyton directed from a screenplay by Ryan Engle and Carlton Cuse & Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel, story by Ryan Engle.
