Honey Do not! Finds Streaming Success Regardless of Combined Critiques and Low Field Workplace

Honey Do not! has audiences saying the other because it seduces its means up the streaming charts. Directed by Ethan Coen, who co-wrote the script with Tricia Cooke because the second installment of their “lesbian B-movie trilogy” after Drive-Away Dolls (2024), the 2025 movie follows a small-town personal investigator, Honey O’Donahue, as she uncovers a string of weird deaths linked to an enigmatic church.

The film stars Margaret Qualley as Honey O’Donahue, reuniting with Ethan Coen after Drive-Away Dolls, alongside Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Charlie Day, Kristen Connolly, Talia Ryder, and Billy Eichner. Honey Do not! premiered on the Cannes Movie Competition this previous Could, was launched in theaters in August, and began streaming on Peacock on October 3.

Now, shortly after its streaming launch, Honey Do not! ranks third on Peacock’s Prime 10 films in the US for right now, October 6, the place it has been for the previous two days. It ranks beneath M3GAN 2.0, The Grinch, and above Corpse Bride, Monster Home, Ghostbusters, Scream (2022), Scary Film, Learn how to Practice Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and M3GAN 2.0 (Unrated Model).

Honey Do not! flew underneath the radar when it was launched in theaters this previous August, making solely $6.7 million on the field workplace. Motion pictures like Honey Do not!, regardless of its acclaimed director and massive stars, typically wrestle in theaters as a result of restricted advertising and area of interest attraction, however thrive on streaming, the place algorithms and accessibility assist them discover an viewers.

Honey Do not! was met with combined critiques from critics and audiences, leading to 46% and 40% scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Nonetheless, as indicated by its streaming success, Honey Do not provides moments of enjoyment for audiences, with flashes of signature Coen humor, sexual swagger, and bursts of darkish comedy. It might not have labored properly on the large display, however as laid-back dwelling viewing, it has discovered a groove.

Although Drive-Away Dolls and Honey Do not! weren’t large field workplace hits, a 3rd movie in Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s “lesbian B-movie trilogy” is in improvement, titled Go, Beavers!, which stars Margaret Qualley as soon as once more, follows a ladies’s crew workforce, and will probably be a horror film. Whereas it additionally sounds fairly area of interest, maybe it could actually ultimately discover its viewers on streaming, resembling within the case of Honey Do not!