Remember Red One, that Christmas action-comedy that lone came retired implicit a period ago? It didn’t look similar thing you needed to unreserved retired to see, and definite enough, audiences fundamentally didn’t unreserved retired to see. At the time, Amazon fundamentally said it was alright with the movie fizzling successful theaters—it made $176.9 cardinal worldwide, and reportedly outgo $200-$250 cardinal to make—since the Prime Video motorboat would marque make up for it. Sure enough, Amazon was right, and the film’s large prima was blessed to tout its palmy numbers.
Last week, Amazon announced Red One hit 50 cardinal views successful its archetypal 4 days connected Prime Video aft coming to the work connected December 12. It deed that milestone faster than Road House’s two-week tally from earlier this twelvemonth and present stands arsenic the most-watched movie from Amazon MGM Studios connected the service. Dwayne Johnson, who’s ever connected business, aboriginal declared his movie “made a small history” and “has a agelong support beingness with aggregate verticals – kudos to our Amazon partners for their strategical win, that’s conscionable getting started. […] Massive THANK YOU to you and your families astir the satellite who tuned in. Ain’t excessively shabby.”
Our small Christmas movie, RED ONE shattered a viewing grounds for @amazon @PrimeVideo with 50 cardinal viewers this past weekend.
RED ONE has a agelong support beingness with aggregate verticals – kudos to our Amazon partners for their strategical win, that’s conscionable getting started.
And most… pic.twitter.com/XBgO4tNa0j
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) December 19, 2024
You whitethorn retrieve aft Black Adam hit theaters successful 2022, reports indicated it wouldn’t crook a profit astatine the container office. Johnson proceeded to go connected the defense and accidental the movie was much of a victor than it seemed, but it came disconnected arsenic a spot insecure. Not agelong after, abstracted reports alleged the histrion went implicit respective WB execs to marque a play support playing Black Adam, get Henry Cavill backmost arsenic Superman, and an eventual movie wherever their characters would look off. That didn’t spell well, and successful the years since, immoderate of Johnson’s radiance further dimmed with caller claims of holding up Red One’s production (and bringing it implicit budget) by being precocious connected set.
Between Black Adam and Red One, Johnson recovered himself going backmost to harmless bets similar Moana 2 (and a live-action remake for the archetypal film) and the Fast & Furious franchise, which helium softly backed disconnected from aft Hobbs & Shaw. But he’s besides seemingly trying immoderate caller things, namely adjacent year’s wrestling/MMA biopic The Smashing Machine and immoderate mysterious task with J.J. Abrams. With however big Red One ended up, a sequel could happen, since Amazon’s besides granted a follow up to Road House. As for however this affects Johnson’s aboriginal projects going forward? We’ll conscionable person to hold and see.
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