Overview
- The Drama started streaming on HBO Max on Friday and is scheduled for an HBO linear premiere on Saturday, August 1.
- Zendaya and Robert Pattinson lead the A24 film, which was written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli and produced by Lars Knudsen, Ari Aster, and Tyler Campellone.
- The film earned roughly $132.2 million worldwide on a reported $28 million budget and holds about a 76% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Viewers without a direct HBO Max subscription can use short-term workarounds such as DIRECTV’s current five-day free trial or bundled services like Philo and the Disney+/Hulu/HBO Max package to watch the movie.
- Critics and advocacy groups continue to debate the film’s handling of a school‑shooting–adjacent subplot even as reviewers consistently praise the lead performances, and wider streaming access is likely to broaden that public conversation.