"Flight Risk"—director Mel Gibson’s new action thriller starring Mark Wahlberg—is targeting a No. 1 debut at the weekend box office.

Mark Wahlberg stars in the action-thriller, which marks the first film Gibson has directed in nearly a decade.

Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg’s “Flight Risk” is facing no traffic on the runway, lifting off to an easy No. 1 opening in what is turning out to be another sleepy weekend at the January box office. The Lionsgate thriller carried on $4.

It flew to number one. “Flight Risk” landed in first place in the box office on its opening day Friday, earning $4.4 million, according to The Numbers. The action thriller, directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg,