Lionsgate is looking at its second No. 1 opening of 2025 with the Mel Gibson directed, Mark Wahlberg starring, Flight Risk with $4M to $4.5M today, and an opening that’s plus or minus $11M. Remember,

Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg's thriller 'Flight Risk' will lead another quiet January weekend at the box office.

Chalk up another low-budget success for Lionsgate. After the No. 1 release of “Den of Thieves: Pantera,” the studio has topped the charts again with the Mark Wahlberg thriller “Flight Risk,” which is opening to $12 million from 3,161 theaters amid a wider slowdown for the box office.

Mark Wahlberg stars in the action-thriller, which marks the first film Gibson has directed in nearly a decade.

A marketing campaign that splashes Gibson's earlier acclaimed earlier films — but not his name — holds an unflattering mirror to this uninspiring action thriller.