A 2003 film based mostly on Stephen King‘s work that bombed on the field workplace has discovered renewed life on streaming 22 years later. Though variations of King’s books embody loads of critically acclaimed movies, from Carrie to The Inexperienced Mile, others have not been as fortunate. This consists of King’s solely directorial try, Most Overdrive, and the latest Youngsters of the Corn.
Nevertheless, considered one of his most negatively reviewed motion pictures was 2003’s Dreamcatcher. Primarily based on his 2001 novel of the identical identify, the film follows 4 associates with telepathic powers who uncover a parasitic alien invasion taking place in Maine. The film holds a 27% on Rotten Tomatoes and earned $75.7 million towards a $68 million finances, making it a field workplace failure.
Nevertheless, FlixPatrol stories that Dreamcatcher is now the Quantity 6 film on the earth on HBO Max as of November 3, 2025. The movie is within the Prime 10 checklist of 21 nations, together with Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its highest rankings are at Quantity 4 within the Bahamas and Haiti.
The unique Dreamcatcher novel by King was written in longhand whereas he was recovering from his 1999 automobile crash. In 2014, the writer acknowledged he did not just like the ebook, saying he’d written it whereas on OxyContin, which he’d been prescribed for his accidents. The story itself stretches right into a navy presence in Maine, alongside different alien creatures that present up.
Nevertheless, the film and novel are additionally notable for happening simply exterior Derry, Maine, an essential location inside King’s shared universe. Whereas the movie is a standalone work, the ebook makes point out of Pennywise, the clown type of the entity from IT that kills kids within the city each 27 years. This might clarify its present rise in international reputation.
HBO Max can be the house to the ongoing IT: Welcome to Derry, a prequel sequence to the 2010s movie duology directed by Andy Muschietti. The present has made references to different King works already, together with The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption. The recognition of Dreamcatcher could also be influenced by its personal unfastened connections to IT.
It is unclear how lengthy Dreamcatcher will keep a excessive spot on HBO Max’s streaming charts. For now, it seems the film continues to be in the course of sufficient Prime 10 lists worldwide that it will sustain its reputation for the foreseeable future. If King‘s IT prequel present is an affect, then it may keep a high spot for a lot of weeks.
- Launch Date
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March 21, 2003
- Runtime
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136 minutes
- Director
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Lawrence Kasdan
