Why HBO Max's $261 Million Sci-Fi Horror Has Become A Global Streaming Sensation
HBO Max is seeing the rise of a sci-fi horror movie that makes for an exciting and suspenseful watch, and its streaming success can be explained by a few easy factors. HBO Max's library of movies is one of the best on streaming, both in terms of originals and those that come from Warner Bros. Discovery's huge output over the years.
When your parent company is responsible for some of the biggest movie franchises of all time, like Harry Potter, DC, Dune, Rocky, and more, it is easy to make the streaming service so appealing for subscribers. It also helps that HBO Max has come up with many exciting movies and TV shows of its own over the years, with certain genres popping up the most.
Among those are sci-fi and horror. HBO Max original movies like the Stephen King adaptation 'Salem's Lot, Dylan O'Brien's time travel thriller Caddo Lake, the supernatural horror comedy The Parenting, and more have shown how those genres tend to thrive on HBO Max. Now, a sci-fi horror movie has shot up the charts, and I believe subscribers should give it a try.
That movie is A Quiet Place: Day One, which serves as a prequel to the events of John Krasinki's A Quiet Place franchise. The film comes with quite a few talented names attached, an intense story with terrifying monsters, a haunting atmosphere, polished VFX, and it has now become a global hit on streaming.
At the time of writing, A Quiet Place: Day One is currently the 10th most-watched movie on HBO Max worldwide, according to FlixPatrol. The sci-fi horror movie has been all over the charts in the past week, ranking 4th and 7th at times, before its current spot. Right now, the dark film finds itself in the company of movies like the video game adaptations Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II, the animated sports movie GOAT, Brad Pitt's historical epic Troy (trending no doubt due to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey becoming a box office hit), and more.
HBO Max's worldwide chart is led by another horror movie, with Lee Cronin's The Mummy at #1, and fellow genre release Undertone is its 3rd most-watched film globally. A Quiet Place: Day One has become a worldwide hit on HBO Max because the sci-fi horror movie is trending in 14 countries. The United States is not one of them, as A Quiet Place: Day One is not available to stream on HBO Max nationwide. Instead, viewers can look for it on Prime Video — it leaves on Sunday, July 26 — and Paramount+.
Why A Quiet Place: Day One Is Worth Watching On HBO Max
The A Quiet Place franchise prides itself on creating an immersive experience like only the best horror movies can. Its main threats are gigantic aliens with weird bodies that can't see, locating their victims through sound. As such, Every A Quiet Place movie is extremely silent for the most part, and every time a character makes a noise, the viewer will be left completely horrified about what that could mean. Day One is a prequel to the mainline A Quiet Place movies that feature actors like Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Cillian Murphy, and more.
That said, the prequel also boasts multiple stars, following the journey Joseph Quinn's Eric and Lupita Nyong'o's Sam go on as they try to leave New York City when the aliens first arrive, hence the sci-fi horror movie's title. A Quiet Place: Day One became a box office hit with 261.8 million worldwide. The movie also earned a high 86% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes and a strong 72% audience score. With talented actors, a high-stakes story, an immersive world, nerve-inducing sequences, and more, A Quiet Place: Day One's global success on HBO Max is understandable.