Red One gave Team Rock One the final win of 2024

He remembers red one, Which Action-comedy Christmas Who only came out over a month ago? It didn’t seem like anything you needed to rush out to see, and the audience certainly didn’t rush to see it. At the time, Amazon basically said It was fine With the film flopping in theaters — it grossed $176.9 million worldwide and reportedly cost between $200 to $250 million to produce — the launch of Prime Video would make up for that. Amazon was certainly right, and the movie’s big star was happy to promote his hit numbers.

Amazon announced last week Red one He hits 50 million views in its first four days on Prime Video after arriving on the service on December 12. He achieved this feat faster than Road house It ran for two weeks as of earlier this year and is now the most-watched film from Amazon MGM Studios on the service. Dwayne Johnsonalways working, later declared that his film had “made a little history” and “has a long shelf life with multiple verticals — kudos to our partners at Amazon for their strategic win, this is just the beginning.” (…) Thank you very much to you and your families around the world who followed us. This isn’t too bad.

Our little Christmas film, RED ONE, has broken viewing records @amazon @Prime Video With 50 million viewers last weekend.

RED ONE has a long shelf life with multiple verticals – shout out to our partners at Amazon for their strategic win, this is just the beginning.

And most… pic.twitter.com/XBgO4tNa0j

– Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) December 19, 2024

Maybe you remember yet Black Adam It will hit theaters in 2022, reports indicate You will not make a profit At the box office. Johnson proceeded Move to defense We’d say the film was more of a winner than it looked, but it seemed a bit insecure. Not long after, separated Reports The actor allegedly went to multiple WB executives to offer a play, go on to play Black Adam, bring Henry Cavill back as Superman, and an eventual film where their characters would face off. It didn’t go well, and in the years since, some of Johnson’s shine has diminished with recent allegations of corruption. Steadfast Red One production (And make it go over budget) by being late to the set.

between Black Adam and red one, Johnson found himself returning to safe bets such as Moana 2 (And a Live action remake For the first film) and Fast and furious privilegeWhich he then quietly retracted Hobbes and Shaw. But it also looks like he’s trying some new things, namely a wrestling/MMA biopic next year Crushing machine And some Mysterious Project with JJ Abrams. With a large sleeve Red one That’s it, a sequel could happen, given that Amazon also granted follow to Road house. How does this affect Johnson’s future projects? We’ll just have to wait and see.

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