{"id":390530,"date":"2026-01-04T06:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/390530\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T06:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:45:09","slug":"gerard-butler-and-jason-statham-have-competing-action-movies-this-month-and-im-wondering-wholl-come-out-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/390530\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerard Butler And Jason Statham Have Competing Action Movies This Month, And I\u2019m Wondering Who’ll Come Out On Top"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s the start of a new year, and that means it\u2019s time to kick off the 2026 movie schedule<\/a>. Though there are still some holdovers from the 2025 movie calendar<\/a> I plan on checking out this month, I\u2019m more excited about two upcoming action movies<\/a> I\u2019ve been following for way too long. Seriously, I\u2019m all kinds of jazzed up for Gerard Butler\u2019s Greenland 2: Migration<\/a> and Jason Statham\u2019s Shelter, and it\u2019s getting ridiculous.<\/p>\n

As you can imagine, for someone who loves watching movies to keep warm in the colder months, I\u2019m going to be spending a lot of time with these two action stars (and kings of the January box office). That said, I\u2019ve been thinking about who will come out on top. Will it be Butler in his disaster film sequel or Statham in his latest action thriller? Let\u2019s talk it out\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Gerard<\/p>\n

Credit: Lionsgate<\/p>\n

Gerard Butler Has Greenland 2: Migration Opening In Early January<\/p>\n

On January 9, Gerard Butler will reprise his role as John Garrity in Greenland 2: Migration, the long-in-the-works sequel<\/a> to one of the biggest box office surprises of 2020. This movie, which takes place five years after Garrity led his family \u2013 Allison (Morena Baccarin) and Nathan (now played by Roman Griffin Davis) \u2013 to safety in a bunker deep beneath the mountainous terrain of Greenland, will see the trio attempt to find a better and more sustainable future<\/a> in Europe.<\/p>\n

Though January is typically a pretty chilly month at the box office, Butler has found a great deal of success over the years. Den of Thieves (as well as its sequel) and Plane have both become hits for the actor, and there\u2019s no reason to think Greenland 2 will be any different. There is some competition during the film\u2019s opening weekend, but I see this rising to the top.<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/p>\n

Credit: Black Bear Pictures<\/p>\n

Jason Statham Has Shelter Coming Out To Close The Month<\/p>\n

On January 30, Jason Statham will kick off what could become another action franchise for himself when he stars in Shelter. As has been the case in the past, Statham will take on the role of a former assassin who is forced to go to great lengths to save a young girl from a dangerous organization<\/a> he used to call home. It looks dramatic, thrilling, and action-packed, and it\u2019s definitely something I plan on seeing on the big screen this month.<\/p>\n

Statham has also had some success in the first month of the year, as his 2024 action thriller, The Beekeeper<\/a>, mopped the floor with the competition when it opened a couple of years back. I don\u2019t know if Shelter will reach those heights or not, but I suspect audiences will come out for some more action this January.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the outcome this month, there are two people who will be winning no matter what. First, there\u2019s director Ric Roman Waugh, who helmed both Greenland 2: Migration and Shelter, which is wild to think about. And then there are people like me who can\u2019t get enough of these types of movies. It\u2019s going to be a good time, that\u2019s for sure\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[36955,64,63,209136,134,156154,10835,110552,209137,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-390530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-action-movies","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-black-bear-pictures","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-gerard-butler","14":"tag-greenland","15":"tag-jason-statham","16":"tag-john-garrity","17":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}