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Now You See Me: Now You Don't becomes No. 1 film on Prime Video

The third Now You See Me film, released in 2025, is the most-watched movie on Prime Video, with Collider saying it has overtaken Reacher in the US. The two outlets give slightly different box-office totals and different reasons for the surge.

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Centre · 2Now You See Me: Now You Don't, the third film in the Now You See Me heist franchise, is currently the most popular movie on Prime Video. Centre · 1Collider reports that, at the time of writing, the film had outperformed Reacher and its spin-off Neagley to take the top spot on Prime Video in the U.S. Centre · 2The film was directed by Ruben Fleischer and released in 2025. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher and Morgan Freeman return as the Horsemen magicians and their associates, joined by newcomers including Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa and Ariana Greenblatt, with Rosamund Pike as the villain.

Centre · 2Box-office figures differ slightly between the outlets: /Film says the film made over $246 million, while Collider gives a $243 million global haul, made up of $62 million domestic and $181 million overseas, on a $90 million budget. Centre · 1/Film calls the film's streaming success somewhat surprising given its reception: it has a 61% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 148 reviews, and it describes the film as "exceptionally average" but dazzling enough to attract a mass audience. Centre · 1Collider links the surge to excitement around Mark Ruffalo, who has a cameo as Dylan Shrike in the film, after the Russo brothers declined to confirm or deny that his Bruce Banner/Hulk will appear in Avengers: Doomsday, due December 18. This causal link is Collider's framing; /Film does not offer a reason for the chart position.

Centre · 1The film follows younger magicians who impersonate the original Horsemen using deepfakes, drawing the veterans back into a diamond heist plot involving industrialist Veronika Vanderberg and a secretive group called the Eye. /Film runs the story at 112 minutes in its headline.

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Framing
Both outlets treat the chart position as a light entertainment-news item. /Film pairs it with a franchise recap and a lukewarm review of the film. Collider ties it to Mark Ruffalo and the Avengers: Doomsday buzz.
Emphasis
/Film stresses the film's average critical reception and franchise history; Collider stresses Ruffalo's cameo, the budget and the box office.
Leaves out or plays down
/Film does not explain the surge or say which titles were overtaken. Collider does not mention critical reception, and its article carries a lot of unrelated Avengers and fandom text.
Charged language
“exceptionally average”“lightweight hooey”“streaming summit”
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“it's currently the most popular film on the service.” — /Film
“the sudden surge to the streaming summit” — Collider

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