Pedro Pascal's 'Freaky' Box Office Flop Is a Sleeper Hit on Streaming

Pedro Pascal’s anthology movie Freaky Tales underperformed on the field workplace after its April 4 launch, and though it did not do nicely throughout its theatrical run, the movie has these days been within the prime 10 on streaming platforms, together with HBO Max.

Freaky Tales premiered on HBO Max on August 8 and is now surging up the charts in lower than a week. This sleeper hit standing is hardly shocking, given its star-studded solid, together with however not restricted to Pascal, Dominique Thorne, Angus Cloud, Normani, Ji-young Yoo, Marshawn Lynch, Jack Champion, Keir Gilchrist, and a particular look by Tom Hanks. The anthology is written, directed, and produced by the well-known inventive duo behind Captain Marvel, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who’ve efficiently stitched collectively 4 totally different tales into one function movie.

The plot of Freaky Tales relies on the lives of 4 individuals, all set in Oakland, California, in 1987. Pascal stars as Clint within the section “Born to Mack,” about a legal attempting to flee his lifetime of crime after tragedy. Clint is employed to rob basketball star Sleepy Floyd (Jay Ellis) throughout a pivotal sport, however refuses. This resolution units off a harmful chain of occasions involving punks, feminine rappers, Neo-Nazis, and supernatural mind-powers. The movie’s underwhelming field workplace figures are attributed to its restricted launch in solely 393 theaters and a subdued advertising marketing campaign. Nevertheless, Freaky Tales has garnered constructive evaluations from each critics and the viewers, and holds an 89% viewers rating and a 74% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Pedro Pascal Is in Talks to Star in Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’

Pedro Pascal is near becoming a member of writer-director Tony Gilroy’s new movie Behemoth!, which just lately landed at Searchlight Footage. In line with a news report, negotiations are at the moment underway, and the challenge will start filming this fall in Los Angeles. Whereas the creators stay tight-lipped on plot particulars, Gilroy has revealed that the story is a cellist thriller.

This yr has firmly established Pascal as an A-list star, attributable to his work in a number of high-grossing initiatives. He earned an Emmy nomination for his lead position in HBO’s The Final of Us, Season 2. Moreover, he starred in Marvel’s Incredible 4: First Steps, which grew to become the highest-grossing Marvel opening of 2025. Trying forward, Pascal has wrapped manufacturing on Avengers: Doomsday, scheduled for launch in 2026. He can even reprise his iconic position as Din Djarin in The Mandalorian alongside Grogu subsequent yr.

Freaky Tales is out there to stream on HBO Max. Keep tuned to Collider for extra updates!