Pedro Pascal's Quirky Sleeper Hit Finds Its Audience After Bombing at the Box Office

Pedro Pascal ’s big Marvel splash in The Fantastic Four: First Steps is finally winding down its run at the box office, but before it arrives on digital platforms, another of his recent movies has stumbled into streaming success. Pascal stars alongside Ben Mendelsohn ( Andor ) and Jay Ellis ( Top Gun: Maverick ) in Freaky Tales , the R-rated period crime comedy following four interconnected stories in Oakland, CA, in 1987. Freaky Tales recently began streaming on HBO Max in the United States, and the film has quickly risen in the ranks to become one of the streamer’s most popular movies.

Freaky Tales was mostly well-liked by critics and audiences, though that did not help the film find sustained box office success. After debuting with solid scores of 7