Ben Affleck & Matt Damon’s Forgotten Crime Thriller Becomes Worldwide Streaming Hit

A movie featuring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon is now surging on streaming, becoming a worldwide hit on HBO Max. Affleck and Damon make up one of the most notorious duos in Hollywood. The childhood best friends have gone on to have quite the solo careers, with their joint projects always worth watching. They won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting.

Since then, both have gone on to star in major franchises. Damon is one of Hollywood’s biggest action stars thanks to the Bourne franchise, while Affleck played Batman, DC’s most popular superhero, in the DCEU movie franchise. Despite their busy solo careers, Affleck and Damon have collaborated in multiple movies over the years, though The Last Duel was a bomb, until now.

According to data from FlixPatrol, 2021’s The Last Duel has become a worldwide streaming hit, standing as the 6th most-watched movie on HBO Max globally. The Ridley Scott film is not available on HBO Max in the United States at this time, where it can be streamed on Hulu. The Last Duel‘s cast also includes stars like Adam Driver and Jodie Comer.

The news of The Last Duel‘s streaming success four years after the movie was released in theaters is exciting for fans of Damon and Affleck’s thriller. After all, the movie failed to meet expectations during its theatrical run. The Last Duel could only put up $30.5 million despite its cast being full of stars and receiving positive reviews.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie boasts an 85% Tomatometer score from critics, with an 81% score from audiences, indicating its overwhelmingly positive reception. Sadly, that did not translate to a solid box office. With a reported budget of $100 million, the Ben Affleck/Matt Damon movie needed to be in the $200 million to $250 million range just to break even.

The Last Duel Review: Ridley Scott’s Medieval Drama Is A Timely & Engaging Epic

A tale of power and misogyny masquerading as honor, the film is engaging and occasionally funny, embracing its themes despite a narrative imbalance.

As such, The Last Stand lost the studio millions during its theatrical run. The Last Duel is based on The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France, a book written by Eric Jager. Like the book’s title suggests, the movie takes place in medieval France, focusing on a duel after a rape accusation.

Damon’s Jean de Carrouges challenges Adam Driver’s Jacques le Gris to a duel when his wife, Jodie Comer’s Marguerite de Carrouges, accuses Jacques of having raped her. Affleck’s character is Count Pierre d’Alençon, Jean’s overlord. The crime thriller focuses on the POV of the three main characters in relation to the rape, making The Last Duel an intriguing affair.