This is one of the most seen films on Prime Video at the moment: why was this thriller with Ben Affleck not released in the cinema in France?

On June 5, Prime Video added to his catalog Mr Wolff 2, following a feature film released 9 years ago in the cinema. And we can say that the platform managed to surprise its subscribers since it arrived on the Catimini in the catalog. But that did not prevent this action film carried by Ben Affleck from being already at the head of the Top 10.

Deprived of cinema!

The American actor plays Christian Wolff, an accountant who has a talent for solving complex problems. When an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a cryptic message asking to “find the accountant”, Wolff feels obliged to elucidate the case. Understanding that he must take extreme measures, he calls on his brother Brax, a dangerous man with whom he is cold, to help him.

Despite more than medium criticism, the first part released in 2016 had enabled the Warner to make its investment profitable: Mr. Wolff won $ 155 million at the box office, for a budget of 44 million green tickets. Its director Gavin O'Connor then lets you know to whoever wants to hear it that he has ideas to make it a trilogy.

But now, the years go by and the project is not on track. And yet, there is potential: Mr Wolff becomes one of the most rented films / watched in streaming the year following its release. A great performance.

Changes in strategy and management within Warner put a brake on development. As explained Screen In this article, the industry has focused in recent years on blockbusters that attract the general public, to the detriment of medium budget films like that of Gavin O'Connor.

Amazon seizes the subject

It was then that Amazon MGM comes into play and bought the rights of the film at the Warner. The idea? Offer Mr. Wolff 2 directly in streaming, since there is demand (the first part has been a hit on platforms over the years). Good news for the director but also for Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal who dreamed of replaying together.

O'Connor is offered double of his budget for this suite – $ 80 million – and imagines with his screenwriter Bill Dubuque a Buddy Movie which mixes comedy and action.

Amazon still offers a limited exit to the cinema for Mr. Wolff 2 in the United States where it is welcomed more positively by the press than the first part. But it is in streaming that everything is played out. If the public responds present, the platform could give the green light to a third and last film, as it was the director's project. Case to follow, therefore.

Mr. Wolff 2 to see on Prime Video.