Anya Taylor-Joy's 3-Year-Old Action Movie With 90% on Rotten Tomatoes Is Dominating the Global Streaming Charts

Anya Taylor-Joy has been in blockbuster films like Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Super Mario Bros Movie, and was nominated for an Emmy for her role in The Queen’s Gambit, but her 2022 film with Alexander Skarsgård is currently climbing the streaming charts worldwide. The Northman, from acclaimed director Robert Eggers, is now the No. 3 movie in HBO’s Top 10 Movies worldwide, per FlixPatrol.

The Northman is just behind Sinners and A Minecraft Movie, which hold the first and second place spots, respectively. In addition to Taylor-Joy and Skarsgård, The Northman stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Claes Bang, and Gustav Lindh. It was written by Eggers and Sjón, and currently has a 90% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes with more than 350 critical reviews. Its audience score is slightly lower at 64%. The film was nominated for a Saturn Award, but lost to Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley.

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An Epic “Viking Hit” Movie

The Viking epic earned $75.8 million worldwide against a budget of $70 million. CBR called The Northman a “modern day Viking hit.” The film is based on the old Norse tale of Prince Amleth (Skarsgård), whose father is murdered by his uncle. As an adult, Amleth is a Viking raider who is seeking revenge against his uncle. Despite the fact it was a box office bomb, audiences loved the movie for its action, its emotional and the cast’s acting performances. Taylor-Joy shines as the Slavic sorceress, Olga of the Birch Forest.

The Northman (2022)

Worldwide Box Office

Budget

Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score

IMDb Rating

$75.8

$70 million

90%

64%

7.0/10

The Gorge is Also Climbing the Streaming Charts

Another movie starring Taylor-Joy, The Gorge, surged on streaming earlier this summer and continues to do so. As of July 10, the horror movie from director Scott Derrickson and writer Zach Dean was in the No. 3 spot on Apple TV+’s Worldwide Top 10 streaming chart. The Gorge was just behind Fountain of Youth and Echo Valley, which were in first and second place, respectively. The Gorge also stars Miles Teller and Sigourney Weaver.

The Gorge is ahead of the Brad Pitt, George Clooney film Wolfs, as well as Ghosted, The Family Plan, Greyhound, Napoleon, and Fly Me to the Moon.

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The Northman was directed by Robert Eggers, who directed 2024’s Oscar-nominated vampire horror film Nosferatu, which starred Alexander Skarsgård’s brother, Bill Skarsgård, as Count Orlok. It also featured Willem Dafoe as Prof. Albin Eberhart von Franz and Superman’s Nicholas Hoult as Thomas Hutter and Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter. Nosferatu was a huge hit for Eggers, grossing $181.7 million worldwide against a budget of $50 million.

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Skarsgård’s Murderbot is a Huge Hit for Apple TV+

Taylor-Joy’s The Northman co-star, Alexander Skarsgård, is currently starring in Murderbot on Apple TV+, which, like his 2022 movie, is dominating the streaming charts. Murderbot, which follows Skarsgård’s titular character, a rogue security robot who just wants to binge-watch his favorite shows, was the No. 3 most-watched show on Apple TV+ as of July 11.

Created by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, Murderbot is based on a book series, The Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells. The show boasts an impressive 96% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes with an 80% audience score. The show just aired its first season finale on July 11 and has already been renewed for another season on the streamer.

The Northman is streaming on Peacock in the U.S. and on HBO worldwide.

Source: FlixPatrol