Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston’s 2010 film enters HBO Max Top 10

Movieweb reports that Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston’s 2010 film The Bounty Hunter is hunting out a place in the HBO Max Top 10, 16 years after its theatrical release.

The movie, directed by Andy Tennant, casts Butler as Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter tasked with bringing in his bail‑jumping ex‑wife Nicole (Aniston), who escapes to chase a lead on a murder case. The film opened against modest competition — Diary of a Wimpy Kid was the biggest simultaneous release — and turned a $40 million budget into $136 million worldwide.

Critical reception at the time was poor: The Bounty Hunter holds a 13% Tomatometer score and a divided 51% audience rating, with several critics citing "zero chemistry" between the leads and calling it "an actionized rom-com that isn't action packed, contains no believable romance, and isn't particularly funny." Audiences were somewhat more forgiving, and both actors have gone on to other crowd-pleasing projects, with Butler finding a niche in tougher action thrillers such as the Has Fallen franchise and Greenland 2.

The film’s reappearance on streaming underscores that older, critically mixed titles can still find an audience when they resurface on new platforms.

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