# ‘Black Widow’ Meets ‘Killing Eve’ in HBO Max’s Official Smash Hit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/black-widow-meets-killing-eve-in-hbo-maxs-official-smash-hit/
- Published: 2026-11-08T20:30:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T21:35:12+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/jennifer-lawrence-red-sparrow-streaming-hit-hbo-max-november-2026/

## Key points

- *Red Sparrow* is trending on HBO Max ahead of a new *Hunger Games* film.
- Jennifer Lawrence will return as Katniss in *Sunrise on the Reaping*.
- The 2018 spy thriller earned about $150 million worldwide.

## Summary

Jennifer Lawrence’s 2018 spy thriller *Red Sparrow* has returned to popularity, ranking among the ten most-watched films on HBO Max in the United States. Its renewed audience comes ahead of *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping*, in which Lawrence is set to reprise her role as Katniss Everdeen.

Directed by Francis Lawrence, *Red Sparrow* casts Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian spy and also stars Charlotte Rampling, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons and Mary-Louise Parker. The film earned about $150 million worldwide against a reported $70 million budget, and received a much more mixed critical response than the director’s *Hunger Games* films.

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