‘Red One’ Pulls In Record 50M Global Viewers In Debut Prime Video Weekend, The Most Ever For An Amazon MGM Studio Movie

Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans‘ holiday action movie Red One pulled a record-breaking 50 million worldwide viewers in its first four days on Prime Video. That’s the most watched Amazon MGM Studios’ film ever on the OTT service, besting Road House from March 21 which clocked 50M global viewers alone in its first two weekends.

Red One, produced by Johnson’s Seven Bucks and directed by Jake Kasdan, dropped on Prime Video on Thursday, Dec. 12 after a 28-day theatrical window. The $200M feature production was originally greenlit to go straight to Prime Video but after the movie tested favorably, Amazon MGM Studios pivoted to a theatrical release.

Red One opened on Nov. 15 stateside and has made over $175M worldwide to date. The movie continues to play in 3,003 U.S./Canada theaters and eased only -39% in its fifth domestic weekend of $4.2M even though it dropped on

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