Das Schwergewicht
Originally, "Parker" was set to be released on October 12, 2012. However, the release date was moved back due to strong competition it would have faced at the box office from other films released around that time including "Gangster Squad" (which later had its release date swapped in place with "Argo", and later moved to January due to the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting.) and "Here Comes the Boom". later had Matt Goldberg of the website Collider noted that it would have probably lost to these films if it had been released that October. "Boxoffice" listed the pros of the film release, which were Statham's "consistent" performance at the box office and Lopez's appearance which "could help the film expand a bit beyond Statham's usual audience". It also listed the cons, which are Lopez's presence that might "turn off some of Statham's usual audience" as well as heavy competition from multiple other films.