{{Short description|2023 film by Jeff Nichols}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox film | image = The BikeRiders Poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Jeff Nichols | producer = {{Plainlist| * Sarah Green * Brian Kavanaugh-Jones * Arnon Milchan }} | writer = Jeff Nichols | based_on = {{Based on|''The Bikeriders''|Danny Lyon}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Jodie Comer * Austin Butler * Tom Hardy * Michael Shannon * Mike Faist * Norman Reedus }} | music = David Wingo | cinematography = Adam Stone | editing = Julie Monroe | studio = {{plainlist| * Regency Enterprises * New Regency * Tri-State Pictures }} | distributor = {{plainlist| * Focus Features{{efn|name=Telluride|20th Century Studios was acknowledged as ''The Bikeriders''' distributor at various festival screenings prior to November 2023, notably the Telluride Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=‘The Bikeriders’ Review: Austin Butler and Tom Hardy Are Cool Personified in the ‘Godfather’ of Biker Movies|website=Variety|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=2 September 2023|archive-date=2 September 2023|access-date=4 February 2025|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-bikeriders-review-austin-butler-tom-hardy-jodie-comer-1235709201/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902170926/https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-bikeriders-review-austin-butler-tom-hardy-jodie-comer-1235709201/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='The Bikeriders' Review: Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy Stir the Gorgeous, Violent Surface of Jeff Nichols’ Love Letter to Outsiders|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Sheri|last=Linden|date=1 September 2023|access-date=4 February 2025|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-bikeriders-review-jodie-comer-tom-hardy-jeff-nichols-1235578612/|archive-date=September 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905105759/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-bikeriders-review-jodie-comer-tom-hardy-jeff-nichols-1235578612/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='The Bikeriders': London Review|website=Screen International|first=Wendy|last=Ide|date=6 October 2023|access-date=4 February 2025|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-bikeriders-london-review/5186625.article}}</ref>}} (United States) * Universal Pictures{{efn|name=Telluride}} (International) }} | released = {{Film date|2023|8|31|Telluride|2024|6|21|United States}} | runtime = 116 minutes<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 22, 2024|title=''The Bikeriders'' (15)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-bikeriders-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde2mdg0|access-date=2024-04-26|website=BBFC|archive-date=June 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621223831/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-bikeriders-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde2mdg0|url-status=live}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = $30–40 million<ref name="THR"/><ref name="Opening"/> | gross = $36.3 million<ref name=BOM>{{Cite web |title=The Bikeriders (2024) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl620462849/?ref_=bo_we_table_3 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-date=February 11, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260211184737/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl620462849/?ref_=bo_we_table_3 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=NUM>{{Cite web |title=The Bikeriders – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bikeriders-The-(2024)#tab=summary |website=The Numbers |access-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714001944/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bikeriders-The-(2024)#tab=summary |url-status=live }}</ref> }}
'''''The Bikeriders''''' is a 2023 American crime drama film, written and directed by Jeff Nichols. Inspired by the photo book by Danny Lyon, it depicts the lives of the Vandals Motorcycle Club, a fictional version of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. It stars Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy in the leading roles.
''The Bikeriders'' premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023, and was released in the United States on June 21, 2024. Originally scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on December 1, 2023, by 20th Century Studios, the release was delayed due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Ultimately, Focus Features acquired the film rights from producer New Regency. The film received a positive reception and grossed $36 million worldwide.
==Plot== <!-- Per WP:FILMPLOT, plot summaries should be between 400 and 700 words --> In 1965, Kathy Bauer meets Benny Cross, a hotheaded member of the Chicago-based Vandals Motorcycle Club, and marries him just five weeks later. Photography student Danny Lyon travels with and interviews the Vandals. He learns from Kathy that the founder, Johnny Davis, was inspired to create the club after watching Marlon Brando in ''The Wild One''. Johnny's leadership is challenged when he rebuffs a Vandal's suggestion that new chapters be allowed to form. They engage in a fistfight which Johnny wins. He reestablishes his authority but grants permission to expand the club anyway. New chapters begin to form across the Midwest.
In 1969, Benny is attacked by two men in a bar for wearing his colors. His foot is nearly severed by a shovel during the altercation. Johnny forces the owner to provide the names of the men and orders his men to burn down the bar. While Benny is recovering from surgery, Johnny pressures him to come to a motorcycle rally before he is fully healed, to Kathy's objection. Johnny offers Benny leadership of the club when he eventually steps down, but Benny rejects it.
A 20-year-old delinquent known as "the Kid" asks Johnny to allow him and his motorcycle club to join the Vandals. Johnny initially dismisses them but decides to test the Kid by allowing only him to join. When he expresses his willingness to abandon his friends, Johnny rejects him. The Kid attacks Johnny with a knife, but Johnny beats him and warns him not to come back.
In 1973, Lyon interviews Kathy about the fate of the Vandals. She explains that Johnny became despondent after the death of his lieutenant Brucie in a vehicular accident, and the club grew increasingly violent after drug-addicted Vietnam War veterans joined the ranks. At a party, longtime member Cockroach is beaten by new members when he drunkenly expresses a desire to leave the club to become a motorcycle cop. Kathy is nearly gang-raped while Benny is busy; she is narrowly rescued by Johnny. Furious, Kathy demands Benny quit the Vandals. Instead, he leaves her for several days.
Cockroach, scared for his life, asks Johnny to help him. To allow Cockroach to safely leave the club, Johnny and Benny stage a break-in, where they shoot him non-fatally in the leg. Afterwards Johnny confides in Benny the club has become wild and violent and he can't control it anymore. Disturbed by the increasing violence of the club and again rejecting Johnny's offer of leadership, Benny quits and leaves Chicago for parts unknown.
The Kid, now a member of the Vandals Milwaukee chapter, challenges Johnny to a knife fight for leadership of the Vandals. In a parking lot, Johnny confronts the Kid who pulls a handgun and kills him. Kathy relays to Lyon that after the Kid took over the Vandals, they became a large criminal gang involved in drug trafficking and murder. The original members either fell in line, left to obtain legitimate jobs, or died.
Benny returns home after learning of Johnny's death and Kathy comforts him. He and Kathy relocate to Florida, where Benny works as a mechanic and has stopped riding motorcycles. Kathy tells Lyon that they are happy, and Benny doesn't miss the biker lifestyle. She looks out the window at Benny, who smiles as the sounds of motorcycles are heard.
==Cast== {{Cast listing|<!--Per end credits order and credited roles. See WP:FILMCAST--> * Jodie Comer as Kathy Cross (née Bauer) * Austin Butler as Benny Cross * Tom Hardy as Johnny Davis * Michael Shannon as Zipco * Mike Faist as Danny Lyon * Boyd Holbrook as Cal * Damon Herriman as Brucie * Beau Knapp as Wahoo * Emory Cohen as Cockroach * Karl Glusman as Corky * Toby Wallace as The Kid * Norman Reedus as Funny Sonny * Happy Anderson as Big Jack * Paul Sparks as Gary Rogue Leader * Will Oldham as Bartender }}
==Production== ''The Bikeriders'' is named after Danny Lyon's photo book, which filmmaker Jeff Nichols discovered in 2003 at his brother's apartment in Memphis, Tennessee.<ref name="rice">{{cite web |last1=Rice |first1=Laura |title=Texas director Jeff Nichols on ‘gaining the courage to tell the story’ of ''The Bikeriders'' |url=https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/the-bikeriders-movie-jeff-nichols-austin-tx/ |website=Texas Standard |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |date=June 20, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2025 |archive-date=December 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251216053752/https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/the-bikeriders-movie-jeff-nichols-austin-tx/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The story's Vandals MC is inspired by the book's detailing of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Lyon is portrayed in the film by Mike Faist.<ref name="BazInterview">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/jeff-nichols-interview-the-bikeriders-1235538812/|title=Breaking Baz Exclusive: Filmmaker Jeff Nichols On The Sexual Tension At Heart Of ''The Bikeriders'' Movie Involving A 'Love Triangle' Played By Austin Butler, Jodie Comer & Tom Hardy|date=September 7, 2023|first=Baz|last=Bamigboye|author-link=Baz Bamigboye|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 22, 2024|archive-date=July 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718230111/https://deadline.com/2023/09/jeff-nichols-interview-the-bikeriders-1235538812/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2004, Nichols had mentioned the project to Michael Shannon, who has starred in all his films, on the set of each collaboration; while making the short film ''Long Way Back Home'' in 2018, Shannon quipped that he had "been talking about that damn idea for so long."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Giroux|first=Jack|date=October 18, 2018|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/561688/jeff-nichols-biker-movie/|title=Jeff Nichols On The Midwestern Biker Movie He Dreams Of Making|website=/Film|access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008224352/https://www.slashfilm.com/561688/jeff-nichols-biker-movie/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STaWS_UF_RY|title=''The Bikeriders'' with Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, and Jeff Nichols {{!}} Academy Conversations|date=June 21, 2024|via=YouTube|website=Oscars|time=1:23|access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref> By 2022, Nichols wrote the screenplay from his original story idea. New Regency agreed to produce the film in May 2022. The project was officially announced with Nichols attached as director in August 2022, with Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy on board to star.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |last2=Wiseman |first2=Andreas |title=Jodie Comer, Austin Butler & Tom Hardy to Lead Ensemble For Jeff Nichols' ''The Bikeriders'' At New Regency |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/jodie-comer-austin-butler-tom-hardy-jeff-nichols-new-regency-1235084092/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=August 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930013623/https://deadline.com/2022/08/jodie-comer-austin-butler-tom-hardy-jeff-nichols-new-regency-1235084092/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Nichols cast Comer after sitting on two awards panels that honored her performance on the one-person Broadway show ''Prima Facie'' and after hearing good things about her from Adam Driver, who co-starred with her in ''The Last Duel'' (2021). He met with Hardy for the first time at his London residence, admitting to leaving the meeting "kind of punch drunk" before seeing a performance of Comer's in ''Prima Facie'' at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End.<ref name="BazInterview"/> The rest of the ensemble came on board soon after.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook and Damon Herriman Latest To Join Jeff Nichols ''The Bikeriders'' At New Regency |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/michael-shannon-boyd-holbrook-damon-herriman-jeff-nichols-the-bikeriders-new-regency-1235094214/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=17 August 2022 |date=August 17, 2022 |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019035429/https://deadline.com/2022/08/michael-shannon-boyd-holbrook-damon-herriman-jeff-nichols-the-bikeriders-new-regency-1235094214/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=''The Bikeriders'': Emory Cohen, Toby Wallace & Others Join Ensemble Of Jeff Nichols Pic |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/emory-cohen-toby-wallace-jeff-nichols-the-bikeriders-1235104724/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=1 September 2022 |date=September 1, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929102833/https://deadline.com/2022/09/emory-cohen-toby-wallace-jeff-nichols-the-bikeriders-1235104724/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Norman Reedus Latest To Join Jeff Nichols' ''The Bikeriders'' At New Regency |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/norman-reedus-jeff-nichols-the-bikeriders-new-regency-1235134543/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=4 October 2022 |date=October 4, 2022 |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019053333/https://deadline.com/2022/10/norman-reedus-jeff-nichols-the-bikeriders-new-regency-1235134543/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Principal photography began in Cincinnati, Ohio, in October 2022 and concluded in December.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Hardy, Austin Butler and Jodie Comer to Begin Filming New Movie in Cincinnati |url=https://www.citybeat.com/arts/tom-hardy-austin-butler-and-jodie-comer-to-begin-filming-new-movie-in-cincinnati-13627462 |website=Cincinnati CityBeat |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=August 8, 2022 |archive-date=October 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020205458/https://www.citybeat.com/arts/tom-hardy-austin-butler-and-jodie-comer-to-begin-filming-new-movie-in-cincinnati-13627462 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Glynn |first=Jennifer |date=2022-12-08 |title=Austin Butler's 'The Bikeriders' Wraps Filming |url=https://collider.com/bikeriders-austin-butler-filming-wrap/ |website=Collider |access-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403231720/https://collider.com/bikeriders-austin-butler-filming-wrap/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Several actors, except Shannon and a few others, learned how to ride a motorcycle for the film;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-bikeriders-director-which-actor-not-allowed-get-near-motorcycle-1235980992/|title=''The Bikeriders'' Director Reveals Which Actor 'Was Not Allowed To Get Near A Motorcycle'|date=June 22, 2024|first=Glenn|last=Garner|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref> Butler mentioned a motorcycle accident on set: "We were doing a night shoot and hit a patch of wet leaves and I went down, but I thankfully landed on my feet."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/austin-butler-on-motorcycle-crash-filming-the-bikeriders-8665111|title=Austin Butler on Motorcycle Crash Filming ''The Bikeriders'': 'All I Was Thinking About Was the Bike' (Exclusive)|date=June 18, 2024|first1=Gabrielle|last1=Rockson|first2=Alex|last2=Cramer|website=People|access-date=June 22, 2024|archive-date=June 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622183852/https://people.com/austin-butler-on-motorcycle-crash-filming-the-bikeriders-8665111|url-status=live}}</ref> Adam Stone was the cinematographer, and during post-production, David Wingo composed the score.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.petaluma360.com/article/entertainment/bikeriders-producer-austin-butler-movies-hollywood/|title=Petaluma movie producer's long road to ''The Bikeriders''|date=June 24, 2024|first=David|last=Templeton|website=Argus-Courier|access-date=July 16, 2024|archive-date=July 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716163952/https://www.petaluma360.com/article/entertainment/bikeriders-producer-austin-butler-movies-hollywood/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Release== thumb|upright=1.2|Comer, Nichols, and Butler at the London premiere of the film
''The Bikeriders'' premiered as the opening film of the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://telluridecms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdfs/50th-TFF-program-guide-FINAL.pdf|title=50th Telluride Film Festival - Program Guide|page=7|work=Telluride Film Festival|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830190350/http://telluridecms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/pdfs/50th-TFF-program-guide-FINAL.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=August 30, 2023|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref><ref name="THR">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/telluride-awards-analysis-the-bikeriders-jodie-comer-1235578910/|title=Telluride Awards Analysis: ''The Bikeriders'' Opens Fest, Puts Jodie Comer in Hunt for First Oscar Nom|last=Feinberg|first=Scott|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 31, 2023|access-date=September 1, 2023|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216201102/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/telluride-awards-analysis-the-bikeriders-jodie-comer-1235578910/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was originally scheduled to be theatrically released on December 1, 2023, by 20th Century Studios, to make time for awards season, but it was taken off the release schedule in July due to the SAG-AFTRA strike (July–November 2023), which prevented the cast from promoting the film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Disney Dates 20th Century Studios' Jeff Nichols Pic 'The Bikeriders' For December |url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/bikeriders-tom-hardy-release-date-20th-century-studios-1235450333/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=July 28, 2023 |date=July 28, 2023 |archive-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912221608/https://deadline.com/2023/07/bikeriders-tom-hardy-release-date-20th-century-studios-1235450333/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Industry sources also cited ''Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé'' opening on the same day and New Regency's ''The Creator'' (2023) performing poorly in theaters during the strike as reasons for the delay. Following this, on November 20 that year, New Regency was reportedly shopping the film to rival studios and streamers for release instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/the-bikeriders-austin-butler-tom-hardy-movie-for-sale-1235630982/|title=New Regency's 'The Bikeriders' Looking For A New Home|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=November 21, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=December 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202133458/https://deadline.com/2023/11/the-bikeriders-austin-butler-tom-hardy-movie-for-sale-1235630982/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Two days later, Focus Features acquired the distribution rights, with its parent Universal Pictures distributing internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/the-bikeriders-focus-features-tom-hardy-austin-butler-1235634377/|title=Tom Hardy, Austin Butler & Jodie Comer New Regency Pic ''The Bikeriders'' Zooms Over To Focus Features|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=November 22, 2023|access-date=November 22, 2023|archive-date=December 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203163603/https://deadline.com/2023/11/the-bikeriders-focus-features-tom-hardy-austin-butler-1235634377/|url-status=live}}</ref> New Regency chose Focus Features because of their previous collaboration on ''The Northman'', which became profitable despite box office disappointment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-bikeriders-jeff-nichols-interview/|title=Jeff Nichols on ''The Bikeriders'' Going Head-to-Head With ''A Quiet Place'', the Movie He Almost Made|date=June 21, 2024|first=Drew|last=Taylor|website=TheWrap|access-date=June 22, 2024|archive-date=June 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622013807/https://www.thewrap.com/the-bikeriders-jeff-nichols-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2023, Focus Features scheduled the film for a theatrical release in the United States on June 21, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-bikeriders-new-release-date-2024/|title=Focus Features Sets June Release for ''The Bikeriders'' Starring Austin Butler and Tom Hardy|website=The Wrap|first=Adam|last=Chitwood|date=December 8, 2023|access-date=December 8, 2023|archive-date=December 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216190658/https://www.thewrap.com/the-bikeriders-new-release-date-2024/|url-status=live}}</ref> Regarding the film's promotion, ''Deadline Hollywood'' noted that after ''The Bikeriders'' transferred from 20th Century Studios (owned by Disney) to Focus, the original marketing campaign centered around Comer was altered to focus on Butler and Hardy; opening weekend audiences leaned male. Focus covered half of the film's $30–40{{nbsp}}million production cost and was reportedly "on the hook" for print and advertising (P&A) expenses.<ref name="Opening"/>
== Reception == === Box office === ''The Bikeriders'' grossed $21.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $14.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $36.3 million.<ref name="BOM" /><ref name="NUM" />
In the United States and Canada, ''The Bikeriders'' was released alongside ''The Exorcism'' and ''Thelma'', and was projected to gross $8–10 million from 2,665 theaters in its opening weekend. It ended up debuting to $9.7 million, finishing in third behind holdovers ''Inside Out 2'' and ''Bad Boys: Ride or Die''.<ref name="Opening">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-inside-out-2-record-bikeriders-1235980501/|title=''Inside Out 2'' Record Second Weekend For Animated Pic Bigger At $101M – Monday AM Update|date=June 24, 2024|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 24, 2024|archive-date=June 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623214928/https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-inside-out-2-record-bikeriders-1235980501/|url-status=live}}</ref> In its second and third weekends the film made $3.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=''A Quiet Place: Day One'' Easily Scares Up $53M Franchise Opening Record, But ''Inside Out 2'' Has Last Laugh With Third No. 1 Win At $57M+ – Sunday AM Update |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-a-quiet-place-day-one-horizon-1235985586/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=June 30, 2024 |date=June 30, 2024 |archive-date=June 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630010830/https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-a-quiet-place-day-one-horizon-1235985586/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/box-office-despicable-me-4-1236001250/|title=''Despicable Me 4'' Leaves 'Em Laughing With $122M+ 5-Day Over July 4th Frame – Box Office Update|date=July 7, 2024|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 7, 2024|archive-date=July 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718230128/https://deadline.com/2024/07/box-office-despicable-me-4-1236001250/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Critical response === {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|80|6.9|274|consensus=Fueled by a charismatic cast and the gritty authenticity of writer-director Jeff Nichols' approach, ''The Bikeriders'' offers a conventional yet impactful look at motorcycle culture.|access-date=August 24, 2024|ref=y}} {{Metacritic film prose|70|53|ref=yes|access-date=June 27, 2024}} Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it a 73% positive score.<ref name="Opening"/>
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==External links== * [https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-bikeriders Official website] * {{IMDb title}} * ''[https://aperture.org/books/the-bikeriders-2/ The Bikeriders]'' (Aperture, 2014)
{{Jeff Nichols}} {{Outlaws Motorcycle Club}}
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