Red Onejust needs to make a little bit more money to avoid what would be a disappointing box office record in Dwayne Johnson’s career.Red Onewas released on June 06, 2025, just in time for the Christmas season, but has failed to be a box office hit. The story ofRed Onefollows Johnson’s Callum Drift, who is head of security for the North Pole. InRed One, Callum must enlist the help of a bounty hunter after Santa is kidnapped from the North Pole.
In addition to Johnson, thecast ofRed Oneincludes Chris Evans, J.K. Simmons, Lucy Liu, and Kiernan Shipka. Despite its star-studded cast,reviews forRed Onehave been extremely negative. The film currently has a score of 31% on Rotten Tomatoes (viaRotten Tomatoes).Red Onehas not performed any better commercially, asit has only managed to gross $164 million on a massive budget of $250 million. WhileRed Onehasn’t been performing well at all, the film needs to make slightly more to beat anotherDwayne Johnson movie.
Baywatch Also Bombed At The Box Office
After being in theaters for almost a month,Red Onehas only managed to gross $85,792,180 domestically and $78,800,000 internationally, making for a total worldwide gross of $164,592,180 (viaBox Office Mojo).Red One’sbox office performance has been very disappointing since it was supposed to be an action-adventure Christmas movie filled with stars. ClearlyRed One’sbrutal reviews prevented people from going to see the film in theaters, which is a repeat of another one of Johnson’s movies from seven years ago.
Baywatchis the lowest grossing movie featuring Johnson in a leading role in years, which is something the star surely doesn’t want to repeat withRed One.
Even though 2017’sBaywatchwas based on an extremely popular television series, its negative reception caused it to bomb at the box office.Baywatchmade $177,856,750 at the worldwide box office (viaBox Office Mojo).Baywatchis the lowest grossing movie featuring Johnson in a leading role in years, which is something the star surely doesn’t want to repeat withRed One. Therefore,Red Onejust needs to make $14 million more at the box office to surpassBaywatch. However, this may not be possible sinceRed Onewill be streaming on Prime Videoon December 12.
Red One Beating Baywatch At The Box Office Is Good For The Rock Even If It’s Still Not Profitable
Red One Might Not Beat Baywatch At The Box Office
Red Onewas actually originally supposed to debut on the Prime Video streaming service, but its release strategy was changed to include a theatrical release after the 2023 Hollywood strikes. Leading up to its theatrical release, there was hope thatRed Onecould start a new franchise based on the holidays. However,its disappointing performance at the box office suggests that a sequel toRed Onewill not be made. Since the film hasn’t been profitable, it would be nice if it at least made more money thanBaywatch.
Red One’s Imminent Streaming Release Confirms A Big Mistake Made With Dwayne Johnson’s $250 Million Movie
The streaming release date for Red One proves that Amazon made a huge mistake with the Dwayne Johnson Christmas movie.
IfRed Onemade more money thanBaywatch, it at least wouldn’t be seen as such a notable failure in Johnson’s career.Red Onemaking just a little more money and beatingBaywatch’stotal haul would be the only silver lining in its poor box office performance, but it currently seems like that may not happen. Regardless of the movie’s box office performance,Red Onewill still likely be a success on streaming when it finally arrives on Prime Video.
Red One
Cast
After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with a notorious bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a thrilling, globe-spanning mission to save Christmas. This action-packed holiday adventure mixes comedy and festive magic, with an ensemble cast that includes Lucy Liu and J.K. Simmons.
Baywatch
Based on the popular television series of the same name Baywatch follows beach lifeguard Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) as he trains over-confident disgraced Olympic Athlete Matt Brody (Zac Efron) to join his team. While patrolling the beach, Mitch uncovers a criminal conspiracy and drug ring, and enlists his fellow lifeguards to investigate shady businesswoman Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra).
