After falling short of The Beekeeper both critically and commercially, Jason Statham's latest film, A Working Man, is also trailing it in terms of audience response. The action movie debuted theatrically on Friday, and currently finds itself in a tight race for the top spot on the domestic box office charts with the holdover release Snow White. The movie's mixed reviews are certainly playing a key role in its performance, and it would appear that its future is also in jeopardy, based on how opening day audiences have reacted to it.

According to the polling platform CinemaScore, which tabulates how likely a viewer is to recommend a given film to others, A Working Manearned a so-so B grade. This is under the B+ that The Beekeeper debuted with just last year, but on par with the grade earned by the first John Wick movie around a decade ago. Both...