Seems the bug was infectious in any case, as Y2K has grow to be a worldwide streaming hit. Co-written and directed by Saturday Night time Stay alum Kyle Mooney, the A24 film follows a gaggle of highschool college students struggling to outlive after the 12 months 2000 bug triggers all expertise world wide to grow to be sentient and insurgent towards humanity.
Y2K‘s cast consists of Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, The Child Laroi, Lachlan Watson, Daniel Zolghadri, Mason Gooding, Lauren Balone, Eduardo Franco, Alicia Silverstone, Tim Heidecker, and Fred Durst. Y2K was initially launched in theaters in December 2024 and began streaming on HBO Max in April 2025.
Now, one 12 months later, Y2K ranks fourth on HBO Max’s High 10 motion pictures on this planet for at this time, October 7. It ranks under Superman (2025), 28 Years Later, Materialists, and above Canine Man, Highway Home (2024), Conan the Barbarian, The Conjuring: The Satan Made Me Do It, Vacation spot Marriage ceremony, and Wolf Man (2025).
Y2K‘s world streaming success is considerably shocking, contemplating it bombed on the field workplace when it was launched again in December 2024, making solely $4.5 million towards its $15 million finances. Y2K was considered one of a number of field workplace bombs for Rachel Zegler, preceded by West Aspect Story (2021), Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023), and adopted by Snow White (2025).
Y2K reviews had been additionally blended, leading to a 43% Rotten Tomatoes rating, praising its daring ambition and fearless creativity, however criticizing its incapability to maintain humor amid its uneven mixture of tones, because it makes an attempt to mix the apocalyptic, teen, sci-fi, comedy, journey, and horror genres.
Nevertheless, regardless of its crucial and business failure, audiences can not seem to cease streaming Y2K, seemingly because of radiant Rachel Zegler, whose presence alone appears to be garnering the curiosity of audiences, despite the fact that she struggles to raise the principally mediocre materials.
Quickly after its streaming launch in April 2024, Y2K was the sixth most-watched film on all streaming platforms in the USA for the week of April 3–9. Now, a 12 months later, Y2K has grow to be a streaming success on a worldwide stage.
- Launch Date
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December 6, 2024
- Runtime
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91 minutes
- Writers
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Evan Winter
- Producers
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Jimmy Worth, Jonah Hill, Christopher Storer, Alison Goodwin, Matt Dines
