<p id=”par-1_31″><a href=”http://cheatsheet.com/tag/netflix”>Netflix</a> and <a href=”http://cheatsheet.com/tag/dwayne-johnson”>Dwayne Johnson</a> movies have been a winning tag team in the past. But now, the streaming giant is looking to cut ties with one of the actor’s biggest box-office flops.</p>
<p id=”par-2_35″>The changes in Netflix’s collection of Dwayne Johnson movies come at the same time he dodges questions about <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-first-discussed-urinating-water-bottles-2017.html/?swcfpc=1″>his reputation and professionalism</a>. Johnson and Netflix have a history together, but it could be clouded by Johnson’s flailing reputation.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” width=”2560″ height=”1707″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Dwayne Johnson at the premiere of his Netflix film ‘Red Notice'” class=”wp-image-3659722″ srcset=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=640&h=427 640w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=1024&h=683 1024w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=150&h=100 150w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=768&h=512 768w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=1536&h=1024 1536w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=2048&h=1365 2048w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=525&h=350 525w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=254&h=169 254w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=761&h=507 761w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dwayne-Johnson-Netflix-scaled.jpg?w=90&h=60 90w” sizes=”(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px”><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Dwayne Johnson (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dwayne-johnson-s-skyscraper-leaves-netflix-on-may-31″>Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Skyscraper’ leaves Netflix on May 31</h2>
<p id=”par-3_31″>Netflix revealed that it will drop <em>Skyscraper </em>from its catalog on May 31. The 2018 action thriller managed to find a second life on Netflix despite being a box-office disaster upon its release.</p>
<p id=”par-4_23″><em>Skyscraper </em>towered over the Netflix top 10 trending movies <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/this-forgettable-dwayne-johnson-flick-has-been-trending-on-netflix.html/”>as far back as 2020</a>. More recently, it landed back among the streamer’s most popular movies in early April 2024.</p>
<p id=”par-5_22″>But that will all change at the end of the month. <em>Skyscraper </em>will no longer be available to stream on Netflix beginning May 31.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-skyscraper-suffered-poor-reviews-and-a-weak-box-office-return”>‘Skyscraper’ suffered poor reviews and a weak box-office return</h2>
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<p id=”par-6_41″>The success of <em>Skyscraper </em>on Netflix has added some revisionist history to the film. However, it’s worth noting that viewers are typically more likely to give a so-so movie a shot at home as opposed to shelling out hard-earned money to see it in theaters.</p>
<p id=”par-7_36″>That seems to be the case with <em>Skyscraper</em>. Critics dismissed the Dwayne Johnson movie as a weaker imitation of Die Hard and The Towering Inferno. Like most Johnson films, it didn’t reinvent the genre or push its leading man <a href=”https://staging.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/dwayne-johnson-literally-just-the-rock-every-role-argue-some.html/”>beyond his comfort zone</a> on screen.</p>
<p id=”par-8_23″><em>Skyscraper </em>pulled in a worldwide box office return of $305 million. An unoriginal plot and Dwayne Johnson fatigue likely contributed to the lower-that-expected earnings.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dwayne-johnson-s-last-netflix-movie-had-a-rocky-nbsp-production”>Dwayne Johnson’s last Netflix movie had a rocky production</h2>
<p id=”par-9_28″>A bombshell story from <a href=”https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnson-red-one-late-budget-problems/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>TheWrap</a> has cast a shadow over Dwayne Johnson and Netflix’s previous collaboration. According to sources, the production of <em>Red Notice</em> suffered setbacks and in-fighting due to Johnson’s tardiness.</p>
<p id=”par-10_32″>The story reported that Johnson’s apparent refusal to work more than a handful of hours each day caused problems on <em>Red Notice</em>. The Netflix original co-starred Ryan Reynolds, who reportedly got in an explosive fight with Johnson over his professionalism.</p>
<p id=”par-11_62″><em>Red Notice </em>became <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/dwayne-johnson-ryan-reynolds-gal-gadot-dominate-netflix-red-notice-release.html/”>Netflix’s most-watched movie</a> thanks to the collective star power of Johnson, Reynolds, and Gal Gadot. Plans for sequels immediately followed. However, no solid updates have come since the movie’s 2021 release. Sources for TheWrap claim Johnson and Reynolds have patched things up. But it’s unclear if it’s enough to get <em>Red Notice 2</em> and Dwayne Johnson’s Netflix future back on track.</p>