Big Nick and his boys have heisted a No. 1 opening. Lionsgate’s crime sequel “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” debuted on top of domestic charts after cashing roughly $5.8 million on opening day from 3,008 theaters.

Lionsgate is hoping to put a poor 2024 box office behind them starting with the release of "Den of Thieves: Pantera," which is opening to a solid $15 million from 3,008 locations and the studio's first .

Pantera made $1.35M yesterday from showtimes that began at 6PM, a figure that’s ahead of the $950K previews of the original 2018 movie by +42%, but under last year’s other guy meat and potatoes movie,