There was a whole other tennis drama in the news for a week but now that’s over, we can focus elsewhere. King Richard has hit premium VOD two weeks ago and now it’s available on HBO. Producers hope they will get some money back after the lukewarm theatrical box office and the movie is starting to deliver. It already dethroned Harry Potter Reunion Special with 24 number ones over the weekend (Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts peaked in 44 markets last weekend) and with Djokovic and Australian Open controversy, it might get even bigger crowds than expected, and let’s not forget that Will Smith just won a Golden Globe for the movie as well.
Euphoria was another big and kind of an expected winner of the weekend, shooting way ahead of And Just Like That… in the 2nd place (more than twice as many points). Zendaya’s show is also trending on all the social networks and it’s on the top of movie database searches. Fans were eagerly awaiting the return of the show, everyone else is trying to find out “what the hell is going on”. That is what we call a successful streaming event. Well done, HBO Max.