Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie have an extensive working relationship from making movies together, but 2025 will make them action movie rivals for the first time. The partnership between the two British gentlemen goes back to 1998 when Statham played a role in Ritchie’s directorial debut Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. The success of the film brought the two men back together several times, as there are five Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham movies to date. While they took a significant break from each other during the 2010s, they’ve reunited twice in the 2020s for entertaining action movies.
The continued favor that Statham and Ritchie’s movies receive when they work together has made them a dynamic and reliable duo. It helps that both have found great success away from each other, ranging from major franchises to standalone stories. However, they’ve never been direct competitors before, even when they were not working on the same movies and as Ritchie has replaced Statham twice. That all changes in 2025, as Statham and Ritchie are slated to be part of an epic action movie showdown.
Jason Statham’s Levon’s Trade & Guy Ritchie’s In The Grey Have The Same Release Date
They’re Both Slated For 2025
Following 27 years where they made five movies together, Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie officially become action movie rivals on January 17, 2025. This is because Jason Statham’s Levon’s Trade and Guy Ritchie’s In The Grey are both scheduled to be released in theaters on the same day. Levon’s Trade is an adaptation of a book that reteams Statham with his The Beekeeper director David Ayer and has distribution from Amazon MGM. In The Grey is an original action movie from Guy Ritchie starring Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eiza González that has distribution from Lionsgate.
Considering both movies are already well into production and have had these release dates set for some time, there is currently no sign that Levon’s Trade or In The Grey will be delayed. That is the only thing that would prevent Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie’s new action movies from squaring off in a major head-to-head box office battle. Assuming no delays happen, 2025 will begin with a very important and revealing competition as the longtime collaborators become rivals in the same genre.
In The Grey & Levon’s Trade Will Prove Whether Statham Or Ritchie Is The Bigger Draw
Only One Will Win The Box Office
By having In The Grey and Levon’s Trade come out on the same day, audiences will prove whether Jason Statham or Guy Ritchie is the reason their past movies were hits. They’ve both had billion-dollar hits on their own and launched other successful franchises, but their work together is still regarded as some of the best of their individual careers. That has meant that they’ve often received a similar share of the praise and rationale for the films being well received or doing well at the box office.
Now, the box office performance of In The Grey and Levon’s Trade will help differentiate who is the bigger draw for audiences. No matter how the opening weekend or final box office numbers finish, either Statham or Ritchie will have done better than the other. Comparing ones past movies against the others in a vacuum is not fair, as there are multiple factors to consider. But since In The Grey and Levon’s Trade will now go head-to-head at the box office, daily reporting will show if Jason Statham or Guy Ritchie is the bigger action movie attraction for paying customers.
