Matrix Resurrections: The Movie Saved By Its Availability On HBO Max?

News culture Matrix Resurrections: The Movie Saved By Its Availability On HBO Max?

Published on 12/29/2021 9:32 PM

Matrix Resurrections was released worldwide on December 22nd and marks the return of the iconic film franchise of the late 90s and early 2000s. The film started out very tentatively in theaters, but did it hit its audiences thanks to HBO Max?

A very shy start in the theater …

Highly anticipated, especially as it also marks the return of Neo (Keanu Reeves) and Trinity (Carrie-Ann Moss), Matrix Resurrections

started with very mixed reviews from the media and early viewers. A split that could also be felt at the box office the film grossed only $ 22.5 million after its first five days of operation on US soil. So he was very beaten by Spider-Man No way home, but also from Everything in scene 2.

In France, the film took third place in the week from December 22nd to 28th with 513,133 visitors, Behind Everything in scene 2 (1,173,587) and Spider Man (Additional 1,737,100, 4,604,615 in total). In the past week and in France, however, it is ahead The cloth 4

(497,120 entries), Encanto, the fantastic madrigal family (429,418 entries) and My dearest children (168,736 entries).

… Not necessarily compensated for by posting on HBO Max

But let’s go back to the American market page where Matrix Resurrections is also published on HBO Max. This is important to keep in mind as admissions may have been negatively impacted by the holidays, the pandemic, and the availability of the film on the platform. For Lana Wachowski’s feature film on HBO Max, no data was available to date to assess the audience. Things have changed with Samba TV estimates submitted by Deadline.

According to the numbers communicated Matrix Resurrections would have been seen by 2.8 million people on HBO Max. A very honest score, but one that falls far short of expectations. On the other hand, and according to the MUSO site, the information of which is shared by Ecran Large, the film would be at the top in terms of downloads illegal. Compare, Godzilla vs. Kong was seen 5.8 million times on the platform, Mortal Kombat the summer 5.6 million many times, and The suicide squad append 5.1 million Sightseeing.

Matrix Resurrections – Le film