One of the fall's biggest sleeper hits is finally available on the PVOD market, and as expected, it has emerged as an instant success. The movie received a "Verified Hot" 95% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, which foreshadowed its home-video potential. Movies with higher audience scores on aggregator websites tend to perform better on digital and streaming platforms. In recent months, movies such as Jason Statham's The Beekeeper and the World War II thriller Pressure have exemplified this theory.
The new survival thriller stars Brad Pitt and was directed by David Ayer. The two previously worked together more than a decade ago on the fan-favorite WWII action film Fury. Ayer has since shown a knack for making crowd-pleasers, although his career took a hit after the critically panned Suicide Squad. Ayer bounced back with The Beekeeper, which he followed up a year later with another Statham vehicle, A Working Man.
The two Statham films now hold "Verified Hot" 92% and 87% audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively. Ayer's latest film has outperformed them both. Pitt, on the other hand, was coming off the blockbuster sports drama F1, which grossed around $630 million worldwide on the back of a 97% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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His new movie with Ayer, of course, is Heart of the Beast. The film premiered in more than 3,400 theaters nationwide, and is still playing in roughly 1,100 locations as we speak. It was able to exceed expectations at the box office, grossing nearly $190 million worldwide against a reported budget of $82 million. It remains to be seen if the movie has the legs to pass the $200 million mark.
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