Red Sparrow becomes one of HBO Max's biggest movie hits

Jennifer Lawrence's 2018 spy thriller Red Sparrow is finding new viewers on HBO Max.

It ranks eighth among the platform's movies, according to FlixPatrol, placing it between The Wolverine and The First Purge.

Lawrence plays Dominika, a former ballerina forced into a Russian government program that trains spies and draws her into dangerous espionage.

The film is based on Jason Matthews's novel and was directed by Francis Lawrence, who also worked with the actor on The Hunger Games films.

Its original reception was disappointing: critics were largely negative, and it earned $151 million worldwide against a reported $69 million budget.

Its streaming popularity gives the film a new life years after its release, though the sources do not say what will happen next.