Mark Wahlberg's 2014 remake of *The Gambler*, once considered a box-office disappointment, has unexpectedly become a top-ten streaming title on Paramount+ in the US 12 years after its cinema release. The resurgence highlights how films with poor initial reception and lukewarm reviews can find new audiences through streaming, long after their theatrical run has been forgotten.

Directed by Rupert Wyatt, the film starred Wahlberg as literature professor and gambling addict Jim Bennett, a role updated from James Caan's original 1974 portrayal of Axel Freed. The remake earned just $39.2 million worldwide against a $25 million budget and holds a 43% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics calling it tonally uneven, yet it has now climbed to one of Paramount+'s ten most-streamed films in the US.