A24’s darkly comic psychological thriller The Drama, starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, has become the most-watched film on HBO Max after arriving on the service on 31 July, according to FlixPatrol. The 105-minute film follows an engaged couple whose relationship fractures when they reveal troubling secrets shortly before their wedding, using the fallout to examine trust, morality and whether thoughts should be judged like actions.

Pattinson plays Charlie and Zendaya plays Emma, who have been together for several years but discover how little they truly know about one another. The article highlights the film’s deliberately spoiler-conscious marketing and says its central revelation concerns Emma’s past wish to commit a school shooting; despite a chaotic wedding and Charlie’s attempted infidelity, the pair reunite at a diner and symbolically try to begin again.