Jason Momoa's big DC swing that absolutely faceplanted in theaters is now the No. 1 movie on HBO Max in the U.S., because of course it is. ComingSoon has the details, but short version: the movie couldn't get people into seats, and now nobody can stop watching it from the couch.

we love a redemption arc, even a accidental one.

Here's the math that stings. Around $126 million worldwide against a budget where anything short of a small fortune was gonna hurt. Critics shrugged, audiences wandered past, and within a few weeks it was basically gone from the conversation. Textbook flop. The kind that ends up in those "biggest bombs of the year" listicles Dante reads out loud to me just to watch me get defensive.

And now? Top of the HBO Max movie chart in the U.S. Beat everything else on the platform this week. Streaming does this thing where it strips all the pressure off, right. No ticket price, no parking, no deciding if it's "worth it." It's just sitting there on the home screen while you eat cereal at 11pm and go "...fine." And that's a completely valid way to watch a movie, I've said this before and I'll die on this hill.

Also the Momoa factor, which I don't think gets enough credit. The man has never given a performance that wasn't at least fun. He can carry a bad movie on pure charisma and people know it, so when his bad movie shows up for free? People press play. Not complicated.

Grandma always told me the numbers don't lie but they also don't tell the whole story, and streaming charts are basically the second half of the story theaters never see. A flop in one window can be a monster in another. We've watched this happen over and over now, to the point where I half wonder if studios factor "second life on streaming" into the release plan from day one. They'd never admit it. but come on.

Anyway. If you missed it the first time, it's sitting right there at the top of HBO Max with millions of other people apparently hitting play this week. No lines, no $18 popcorn, just Momoa doing Momoa things on a Tuesday night. Sometimes that's the whole movie experience you need.