HBO Max has officially released its most-watched movies of the year 2021, and there are a few stunners on that list. Surprisingly, neither Matrix Resurrections nor Dune takes the number one spot.
In December 2020, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman 1984 was the first step into Warner Bros’ new strategy to release their movies simultaneously in movie theaters and on their streaming platform HBO Max as a direct result of the covid pandemic. A little over a year later, more than 16 movies have been released following the same strategy—some with a great outcome and others with mixed results. According to Businessinsider, the long-anticipated sci-fi movies Dune and Matrix Resurrections did not even make the top three spots on the streaming service. Unexpectedly, the most-watched movie on HBO Max in 2021 was no other than the movie based on one of the most brutal combat-based video games franchises ever, Mortal Kombat. The Suicide Squad by director James Gunn did well both in the box office and on the streaming service as it came in third place. Here is a shortlist of the 16 most-streamed movies during their release weekend on HBO Max.
16. Judas And The Black Messiah with 654,000 households
15. In The Heights with 693,000 households
14. Cry Macho with 693,000 households
13. King Richard with 707,000 households
12. Malignant with 933,000 households
11. The Many Saints of Newark with 1 million households
10. Those Who Wish Me Dead with 1.2 million households
9. Tom And Jerry also with 1.2 million households
8. The Little Things with 1.4 million households
7. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It with 1.6 million households
6. Dune with 1.9 million households
5. Space Jam: A New Legacy with 2.1 million households
4. The Matrix Resurrections with 2.8 million households
3. The Suicide Squad with 2.8 million households
2. Godzilla vs. Kong with 3,6 million households
1. Mortal Kombat with 3.8 million households
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