51-year-old Dwayne Johnson is not experiencing the best time of his life right now. However, with several recent setbacks, Johnson knew how to bounce back from it, and successfully did it. His 2018 disaster film, which was once announced as a domestic loss, recently found a new breath of life.

Dwayne Johnson starred film, Skyscraper once failed to perform at the domestic box office and achieve the desired numbers. However, recently, it found its way into a streaming giant and has not looked back since then.

Once bombed at the domestic box office, Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper is now turning the world around

The 2018 disaster film found recently became a trending film. Johnson’s Skyscraper would launch on Netflix and become an instant hit among the viewers and Johnson’s fans. The 2018 film saw Dwayne Johnson play a private security consultant as he tries to save his family from a burning skyscraper. He is later blamed for this disaster.

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Although, the film did well worldwide, it tanked majorly at the domestic box office. The movie only managed to collect a mere sum of $68.4 million, with a budget of $129 million. However, after the film made its way onto Netflix this week, it saw a fresh soar of upsurge in its viewings.

As per Netflix’s charts, Skyscraper holds No.9 on the platform’s Worldwide top 10. The film ranks behind some of the new launches, such as Extraction 2, The Out-Laws, and Run Rabbit Run. While the film majorly failed to perform at the domestic box-office back in 2018, it has racked up some huge numbers for its Netflix release.

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With 4.4 million views, the film has gathered 7.5 million viewing hours in a single week. The disaster film was almost a disaster at the box-office during its initial release, but has found a new life on the OTT streaming giant. However, could its excellent performance on Netflix mean a sequel?

Will Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper have a sequel green-lit in the future?

The majority of Dwayne Johnson’s films fail to please the critics, but turn out to be commercial giants. His career has a rich track record of being tied to franchises. On further inspection, we can see that the majority of the films are sequels or franchises.

While Red Notice failed to secure a good score on Rotten Tomatoes, its outstanding performance on Netflix demanded a sequel from it. There are several other films of The Brahma Bull of WWE that failed to impress the critics, but the numbers brought forward a sequel.

Similarly, the previous poor performance of Skyscraper resulted in it having no sequel. However, after its latest resurgence on Netflix, a sequel could be in the work for the future

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Do you guys want a sequel for Skyscraper? What do you make of its performance on Netflix? Let us know in the comments.