Liam Neeson Plans to Retire From Action Movies After Completing a ‘Couple More’ This Year

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Liam Neeson has shot to the top of the box office once again thanks to his new movie, “The Marksman”. 

Liam Neeson is proving to be the king of the North American box office throughout the pandemic. The actor’s previous movie "Honest Thief" shot to the top of the box office in October amid a slew of theater closures that prompted several movie studios to postpone their major blockbuster releases until at least 2021.

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIf time is a flat circle, then it’s only fitting that a second Liam Neeson movie is ruling over the U.S. box office during the pandemic.

Refresh for updates and box office chart: In a continued pandemic marketplace such as this with close to 60% of all movie theaters still closed, whether you’re a distributor or an exhibitor, you have to be thankful for any amount of money you can get your hands on. Open Road has released the second Liam Neeson movie during the pandemic, The Marksman, over the MLK 4-day holiday and it’s opening to $3.7M.

At 68 Liam Neeson has long been flying in the face of the trend that sees most action movie heroes retire once they hit a certain age bracket.

Taken actor has revealed that he’s got a few more action projects in the works, but after that he’s keen to take on less-physical roles as he thinks be might be getting too old for the genre.“I’m 68 and a half. 69 this year,” he told Entertainment Tonight.

his very particular set of skills and retiring from the action movie genre. “Im 68 and a half — 69 this year,” the Oscar nominee explained on Entertainment Tonight. “There’s a couple more I’m going to do this year — hopefully, COVID allowing us — there’s a couple in the pipeline and, then I think that will probably be it.”“Well, unless I’m on a Zimmer frame or something,” Neeson added, joking he’d need a walker to continue violently vanquishing villains as he’s done in high-octane hits such as

Liam Neeson is retiring from action films after two more he’s committed to this year because he can no longer keep up with his young co-stars.The Taken star turns 69 in 2021 and admits age is beginning to take its toll on him.“I’ve just finished one in Australia and I had a fight scene with a kid – lovely, sweet actor called Taylor – and halfway through the fight I looked up, I was breathless and it didn’t cost him a cent, and I said,‘Taylor, what age are you?’ He said, ’25’.

Liam Neeson has made dozens of action movies over the course of his career, but the actor revealed it might soon be time to retire from the genre. The 68-year-old entertainer admitted that age had a lot to do with his decision.

Liam Neeson is leaving the action genre behind.