Apple TV+’s $100M Rom-Com Flop Soars as a Streaming Hit
Fly Me to the Moon, a 2024 period romantic comedy released in collaboration with Sony and starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, grossed only around $40 million worldwide against a reported $100 million budget. The film earned mixed reviews and holds a 66% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads: "Sustained by Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum's screwball chemistry even when its plotting strains credulity, this throwback romance is a pleasant enough trip to the moon and back." Its audience score of 89% helps explain why it has been popular on home video.
On Apple TV+, Fly Me to the Moon has spent more than 200 days on the service's domestic viewership charts, according to FlixPatrol. Only the crime comedy The Instigators, the action comedy Wolfs, the genre-mashup The Gorge, and Fountain of Youth have logged more time on that list.