The EuropaCorp release, the fourth in the “Transporter” series, is expected to bring in $9 million over the four-day Labor Day holiday.

The Thursday night number is similar to that for Relativity’s “3 Days to Kill,” which took in $325,000 in previews on its way to an opening weekend of $12.2 million last year. When he's not writing, Brad enjoys going on a ride with the latest action hit or Netflix original, though he's also known to just pop in 'The Room' from time to time.The action-thriller “The Transporter Refueled” drove off with a moderate $365,000 at 2,200 locations on Thursday. Brad also offers philosophical musings on martial arts and the filmographies of everyone from Jackie Chan to Donnie Yen on Kung Fu Kingdom, where he's also had the privilege of interviewing many of the world's great stunt professionals, and hearing plenty of gripping stories on injuries incurred in their line of work and the intricacies of designing the acts of death defiance he first thrilled to as a youngster. Today, Brad channels his thoughts on all manner of movies, from comic book films, sci-fi thrillers, comedies, and everything in between through his writings on Screen Rant. Growing up, Brad developed an innate love of movies and storytelling, and was instantly enamored with the world of adventure while following the exploits of Indiana Jones, Japanese kaiju, and superheroes. NEXT: Jason Statham's Homefront Was Almost A Rambo Movie In the best Transporter movies sweepstakes, it's Transporter 2 for the win. Though it comes in a tad on the short side, Transporter 2 exudes the confidence of the John Wick series as a sequel that knows it's coming off a surprise hit and wants nothing more than to be an even bigger crowd-pleaser.

The garage fight, in particular, is like a senior class version of the previous film's battle in a similar location, now set to a heart-racing heavy metal soundtrack as Frank holds his opponents at bay with a steel pole, following that up by defeating a second string of enemies with a fire hose. Nonetheless, Transporter 2 brings incredible vigor and power to its chase scenes and martial arts fights.

Transporter 2 occasionally dips into a moment or two of the kind of ridiculousness the comic book-esque Fast and Furious franchise has practically patented, specifically when Frank flips his car mid-air to graze a crane and remove a bomb from underneath.

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