Red One gave Rock One the final victory of 2024

Remember red, that Christmas action comedy which came out just over a month ago? It didn’t seem like something you needed to rush to see, and of course, audiences weren’t really in a rush to see. At the time, Amazon basically said it was okay with the film flopping in theaters – it made $176.9 million worldwide and reportedly cost $200-250 million as the Prime Video release would make up for that. Of course, Amazon was right, and the movie’s big star was happy to tout its hit numbers.

Last week, Amazon announced Red One hit 50 million views in its first four days on Prime Video after coming to the service on December 12. He reached this milestone faster than Road House’s two-week period from earlier this year and is now the most-watched Amazon MGM Studios film on the service. Dwayne Johnsonwho is always on the job, later announced that his film “made a bit of 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. (…) A huge THANK YOU to you and your families around the world who joined. It’s not too shabby.’

Our little Christmas movie, RED ONE broke the viewership record @amazon @PrimeVideo with 50 million viewers this past weekend.

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

And most… pic.twitter.com/XBgO4tNa0j

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) December 19, 2024

You might remember afterwards Black Adam hit theaters in 2022, reports suggest it would not make a profit at the checkout. Johnson continued to go to defense and to say that the film is more winning than it appeared, but it seemed a little shaky. Not long after, they split up reports claims the actor went through several WB executives to make a pitch to continue playing Black Adam, bring Henry Cavill back as Superman, and a possible movie where their characters face off. This did not go down well, and in the years since, some of Johnson’s luster has further tarnished with recent allegations of detention Red One’s production (and going over budget) by being late to the set.

Between Black Adam and red, Johnson found himself returning to safe bets like Moana 2 (and a live action remake for the first film) and Fast and furious franchisewhich he quietly gave up after Hobbs and Shaw. But he also seems to be trying some new things, namely a wrestling/MMA biopic next year The smashing machine and some mystery project with JJ Abrams. How big Red One ended, there may be a sequel as Amazon also gave a tracking of Road House. As for how this affects Johnson’s future projects? We’ll just have to wait and see.

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