‘From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina’ Ending, Explained

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina doesn’t have a post-credits scene, but that doesn’t mean Keanu Reeves’ John Wick universe won’t have more action in store for Ana de Armas following the conclusion of the film.

Rated R, Ballerina opens in 3,400 North American theaters on Friday. The film marks the first John Wick spinoff movie after the success of the first four films in the John Wick franchise, with the last being in 2023 with John Wick: Chapter 4.

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Directed by Len Wiseman, the official summary for Ballerina reads, “Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the film follows Eve Macarro (Armas) who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.”

Reeves reprises his role as Wick in Ballerina, as does Ian McShane as Winston, Anjelica Huston as The Director and the late Lance Reddick as Charon. The film also introduces Gabriel Byrne, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Norman Reedus.

Note: The next two sections include spoilers for “Ballerina.”

What Are The Events That Lead Up To The Ending Of ‘Ballerina’?

In From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, Ana de Armas’ Eve is seeking revenge after the death of her father, Javier (David Castañeda), who was killed in an assassination attempt by his father-in-law and her grandfather, The Chancellor (Gabriel Byrne) a dozen years before.

Javier was in hiding trying to protect his young daughter (Victoria Comte), whom The Chancellor solely wants to carry on the bloodline of his cultish 200-year-old crime organization that has no central location.

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After her father’s death, Eve meets Winston (Ian McShane), who brings her to the theater/headquarters of the Ruska Roma, where The Director (Anjelica Huston) trains the young girl to not only become a ballerina, but an expert assassin.

When the adult Eve seeks revenge on The Chancellor, however, The Director warns her that she’ll be starting a war with the ruthless faction and puts a hit out on her to stop her.

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Without going into major spoilers, Eve evades the hit and survives her showdown with The Chancellor. However, since Eve been declared incommunicado (much like Keanu Reeves’ John Wick in previous Wick films) for defying The Director’s orders, she’s forced to go on the run from her fellow assassins at the conclusion of Ballerina.

Naturally, the open-ended conclusion begs the question of what’s next for Eve after the events of Ballerina.

How ‘Ballerina’ Sets Up A Sequel For Ana De Armas

While a post-credits scene generally helps with indicating that a sequel is planned for any given movie, From the World of John Wick: Ballerina makes it clear at the conclusion of the film that the door is wide open for more murderous mayhem for Ana de Armas’ Eve in the John Wick universe.

As such, the film doesn’t need any stingers after the credits to state what is already obvious.

Of course, the first thing that needs to happen for Lionsgate — the studio behind the John Wick franchise — to even consider a sequel for Ballerina is for the film to become a financial success. Lucky for Ballerina, industry box office projections for the film’s opening weekend are indicating that the film will get off to a solid start.

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While long-range tracking forecasts dropped from a couple of weeks ago, Variety has the film pegged for a $28 million to $30 million opening, while Box Office Pro is projecting a $32 million to $40 million opening weekend.

The good news for Lionsgate is that Ballerina has a modest production budget — at least by summer movie standards — of $90 million, Variety reported.

So how exactly does Ballerina set up a sequel for de Armas should they decide to go that route?

To start, Lionsgate is in a tricky position with a potential sequel to Ballerina. Since Ballerina takes place during the events of John Wick 3 — Parabellum (it’s fun to see a recreation of one scene from the film from a different vantage point in Ballerina), there could conceivably be another World of John Wick prequel film for de Armas. From a creative standpoint, it could either be set before John Wick: Chapter 4 or take place during the events of it.

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In all likelihood, de Armas’ Eve will end up in a sequel, just not one that’s solely dedicated to the character. After all, Lionsgate already has its hands full with a forthcoming John Wick animated series as well as a World of John Wick film featuring Caine (Donnie Yen), the assassin who played a pivotal role in John Wick Chapter 4.

As such, a Ballerina sequel would need to get in line with those two films and another big chapter in Wick’s world. Instead, look for de Armas’ ballerina assassin to turn up in Reeves’ sequel, John Wick 5, which was announced at CinemaCon 2025 in April.

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Again, without revealing any major spoilers, Ballerina makes it pretty clear that Eve and Wick are a cut of the same cloth and it would make sense from a narrative standpoint to include de Armas in the upcoming Wick sequel, which is still in development.

Effectively, de Armas’ Ballerina is sure to be back in some sort of capacity, it's just a matter of Lionsgate and the franchise's creatives including director Chad Stahelski and Reeve, to determine where and when.

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina opens in theaters everywhere on Friday.

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