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Forbes
4 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Ben Affleck's ‘The Accountant 2' Gets Prime Video Streaming Date
Jon Bernthal and Ben Affleck in "The Accountant 2." The Accountant 2 — the sequel to Ben Affleck's 2016 original — is premiering on streaming for Prime Video subscribers this week. Find out when you watch it at home. Rated R, The Accountant 2 opened in theaters on April 25. The official summary for The Accountant 2 reads, 'Christian Wolff (Affleck) has a talent for solving complex problems. When an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a cryptic message to 'find the accountant,' Wolff is compelled to solve the case. "Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax (Jon Bernthal), to help. In partnership with U.S. Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.' Directed by 2016's The Accountant filmmaker Gavin O'Connor, The Accountant 2 also stars J.K. Simmons and Daniella Pineda. The Accountant 2 will premiere on Prime Video on Thursday, June 5, Amazon announced on Monday. The Prime Video-only streaming debut for The Accountant 2 isn't completely out of the ordinary since the film was produced by Amazon MGM Films. The Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Christmas movie Red One followed a similar release pattern last year when it debuted in theaters and skipped the premium video on demand route in favor of making a streaming video on demand premiere on Prime Video. For viewers who don't have Prime Video, there are a couple of options to subscribe to the service. Subscriptions to Amazon Prime are available for $14.99 or $139 per year, which includes access to Prime Video. Otherwise, Prime Video-only subscriptions are available for $8.99 per month. The Accountant 2 has earned nearly $65 million in North American theaters and $36.5 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $101.5 million to date against an $80 million production budget before prints and advertising, according to The Numbers. The film received a 76% 'fresh' rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 199 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus for the film reads, 'Improving on the original by leaning into Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal's buddy comedy chemistry, The Accountant 2 can safely be filed under a good time at the movies.' The Accountant 2 also received a 92% 'fresh' score on RT's Popcornmeter based on 5,000-plus verified user ratings. The RT audience summary for the film reads, 'Affleck and Bernthal make for compelling leads in The Accountant 2, a violence-packed sequel that accrues enough humor and heart you can take to the bank.' The Accountant 2 makes its streaming video on demand debut on Prime Video on Thursday.
Geek Tyrant
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Anna Kendrick Is 'A Hundred Percent In' for THE ACCOUNTANT 3, Says Director Gavin O'Connor — GeekTyrant
While The Accountant 2 delivers a heavy dose of action and brotherly bonding between Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal, Anna Kendrick's Dana Cummings is missing in action. Good news though, it sounds like Kendrick is all in for a return, just not in this movie. Director Gavin O'Connor recently spoke with The New York Times about the future of the franchise, teasing that he's already thinking ahead. "We've had some preliminary conversations. I am personally running from another puzzle movie, which we've done twice now," O'Connor said, hinting that a third film might move in a different direction. "One thing we've talked about is the idea of bringing Anna Kendrick [who plays Christian's love interest in the first movie] back. Maybe Christian can finally get the love that he deserves." Affleck joked, "We're hoping she still likes us," to which O'Connor casually dropped the real update: "Actually, Ben, she and I have been texting. She said she's a hundred percent in if we want." Fans of the original 2016 film will remember that Kendrick's Dana sparked a sweet but complicated romance with Affleck's Christian Wolff. And while her absence in The Accountant 2 might feel like a gap, it was part of the plan. O'Connor explained to Entertainment Weekly that the focus this time around was always going to be on the brothers. "The whole point was exploring the brothers and that emotional line between them. That was always the intention, so she was never going to be in the second." Now playing in theaters, The Accountant 2 picks up with Affleck's Christian, an accountant on the autism spectrum who launders money for criminal organizations, teaming up with his brother Braxton (Bernthal) to solve the murder of Christian's former Treasury Department contact Raymond King (J.K. Simmons). I've enjoyed this franchise and with this movie doing well at the box office, a third chapter of the story might come together.
