Peacemaker Season 1 Finale Broke An HBO Max Streaming Record
Peacemaker star John Cena and showrunner James Gunn revealed that the season finale just broke an HBO Max Original series streaming record. Peacemaker focuses on Cena's complex hero following his introduction in 2021's The Suicide Squad. The series also stars Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, and Robert Patrick.
Following his Corto Maltese mission in The Suicide Squad, Cena's Christopher Smith once more donned the chrome helmet of Peacemaker to bring his own crude brand of justice to an alien conspiracy. Joining forces with A.R.G.U.S Agents, fellow crimefighter Vigilante (Stroma), and his pet eagle, Eagly, for Project Butterfly, Peacemaker faced off against his racist father, White Dragon (Patrick), his followers, and a race of alien butterflies possessing humans in order to take over the Earth. While the series was focused on a newer character to audiences who regularly insulted DC's heavy hitters, the series became the DCEU's best-reviewed release to date. Following a successful first season, Gunn and Cena have revealed that the series' final episode broke the streaming service's own records.
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Both Gunn and Cena took to Twitter to share the news that Peacemaker's season 1 finale broke HBO Max's record for the biggest single-day release for an HBO Max Original series ever. Gunn and Cena also revealed that the series' viewership had grown by a great deal since it aired its first episode in January, reporting that the finale's viewership was up by 44% when compared to the series' premiere episode. Gunn thanked audiences for showing up each week to watch each episode as it aired, while Cena also enthusiastically
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