Liam Neeson's The Fix opened on $726,000 and took nothing overseas

There's no polite way to put this: Liam Neeson's new action film, The Fix, has had a rather dismal start at the box office. For a bloke who once basically invented the "dad with a particular set of skills" genre, this latest outing could hardly have gone worse.

The Fix debuted with $726,000 at the U.S. box office and reported zero earnings overseas in its opening weekend.

Distributed by Briarcliff Entertainment, The Fix landed in cinemas on 11 September 2026, sporting an R rating and a runtime that drags on for a hefty two hours and twenty-two minutes—ambitious, perhaps, but clearly not enough to pull in punters. Here's the basic rundown: Neeson and a crew of ex-CIA types, all disgraced after the Afghanistan war, head to Tehran chasing that ever-reliable "one last job". Classic stuff, but apparently not enough to get bums on seats.

Comparing Cold Showers

This grim figure puts The Fix not just behind bigger blockbusters but also smaller genre fare from the past year. For instance, Joe Payne's Cold Storage—another modest thriller—opened earlier in 2026 and still managed a $936,000 domestic launch (with a fraction of the star power), pushing on to $1.5 million in the States and $4 million globally via The Samuel Goldwyn Company. What's striking is that most of Cold Storage's money didn't even come from the U.S.; it pulled in a million quid over in the UK, plus another $440k from Mexico, making up more than half its global take with international audiences.

Meanwhile, The Fix hasn't even started to register abroad—absolutely nothing on the international ledger so far. With previous Neeson vehicles already showing a downward trend at the box office lately, this latest setback might be less of a fluke and more a sign of things to come. The real uphill battle for The Fix will be staying afloat over the coming weekends—because let's face it, $726k won't cover much more than the petrol for a Neeson-sized action set piece.