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'Peacemaker''s streaming performance stuns even writer-director James Gunn

26 January, 2022

Sure, he wrote and directed Peacemaker, but even James Gunn was surprised to learn his small-screen spin-off of The Suicide Squad has become the biggest streaming show in the world.

With a shocked "Holy crap, this is incredible," Gunn retweeted a Business Insider story that explained HBO Max's Peacemaker became the most in-demand original streaming TV series in the world as of January 22, beating out heavyweights like Netflix's The Witcher, and The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+.

The article quoted data from TV analysts Parrot Analytics, which tabulates audiences' appetites for a given show -- and the series starring John Cena, Jennifer Holland, and Danielle Brooks, was "69.5 times more in demand than the average series," according to Parrot's numbers published by Insider.

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