Matt Damon’s Pandemic Thriller Officially Becomes a Global Hit on HBO Max

Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 pandemic thriller *Contagion*, starring Matt Damon, has reached number one on HBO Max’s global charts. Its renewed popularity shows how viewers are revisiting a film whose depiction of a fast-spreading disease and public response gained new resonance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FlixPatrol lists the film at the top of the service’s global rankings, alongside titles including *Evil Dead Burn*, *Speak No Evil*, *The Silence of the Lambs* and *Seven*. *Contagion* earned $136.5 million at the box office and features Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard.