Mercy's Box Office Flop Becomes Streaming Hit

0:00On March 24th, Chris Pratt's sci-fi thriller Mercy tanked at the box office but is skyrocketed to the top of prime video's charts. The film pulled in just $54,600,000 worldwide against a $60,000,000 budget earlier this year, marking it as a clear theatrical flop. Timor Beckman-Betafov directed and produced Mercy, continuing his track record with other streaming surprises like the ice cube-led remake of War of the World, which also bombed in theaters before blowing up online. Critics trashed the movie, giving it a dismal 25% score on run tomatoes with reviews slamming it as formulaic at best and a total, headache at worst. On streaming though, viewers can't get enough. Turning Mercy into prime video's most watched title just days after launch and handing it a second. Life audiences clearly crave. This flip from flop to hit underscores how streaming crowds often embrace bold sci-fi risks that theaters reject keeping the genre alive in.

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