James Gunn’s ‘Peacemaker’ Is the Number One Streaming Show in the World
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Director James Gunn’s Peacemaker series on HBOMax was the most popular streaming show in the world as of January 22, 2022.
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A spin-off of last summer’s The Suicide Squad, also directed by Gunn, the show stars John Cena and beat Netflix’s The Witcher and Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett according to the data firm Parrot Analytics. It was 69.5 times more in demand than the average series. Parrot Analytics measures audience demand, which accounts for the interest in and engagement with, or overall popularity, of a TV series.
Insider: DC Comics content will be essential for Max’s growth throughout 2022 and beyond. New series like Green Lantern and Justice League Dark are in development. A Batgirl movie is in the works for the service to debut this year. Theatrically released Warner Bros. movies will have a 45-day window before debuting on HBO Max, including The Batman, which hits theaters in March.
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Peacemaker has been a hit with critics as well and has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes critic score.
“Cena was a stand-out in The Suicide Squad, an impressive feat considering the stacked deck that was its cast, and he’s even better in Peacemaker,” Jarrod Jones wrote for AV Club.
