Russell Crowe Is Officially the King of Streaming

It's never a bad time to be Russell Crowe — except if you're being asked about Gladiator II in interviews even though you're not in it — but this week is turning out to be especially epic. Last Friday, Crowe delivered his best-reviewed film in nearly three decades, the Western drama The Weight, which also features Ethan Hawke. And now, he has as many as three movies charting on different streamers simultaneously. In recent years, Crowe has found the majority of his success at home, with only a couple of movies exceeding expectations at the box office. The most recent of them, Nuremberg, also turned out to be a massive home-video hit. His excellent week will likely continue with the release of Unabomber, the upcoming Netflix crime drama about the infamous domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski.

With the sort of reviews that The Weight has received — it's sitting at a "Certified Fresh" 93% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes — it can be safely assumed that the film will also do well when it hits the home video market. That said, it grossed more than $2 million in its domestic box office debut this past weekend, playing in roughly 1,500 theaters nationwide. The Weight's 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes, makes it Crowe's best-reviewed movie since The Insider, which was released in 1999. The aggregator's consensus reads, "The Weight turns a stripped-down tale of desperation into a gripping, hard-hitting thriller, elevated by Ethan Hawke's magnetic performance and Padraic McKinley's assured direction."