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FACKHAM HALL, Tom Felton, 2025. © Bleecker Street Media / courtesy Everett Collection

Published Mar 10, 2026, 6:05 PM EDT

Rohan Naahar is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.

He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

Days after it was reported that Quentin Tarantino is putting together a farce for the British stage, a film that fits that description claimed the domestic HBO Max streaming crown. Tarantino has been on an unending quest to extend his directorial career, having imposed a 10-movie cap on himself based on a theory that he subscribes to. He has found ways to keep pushing his would-be final movie; the first order of business was to declare that Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 are, in fact, one film. He has also written a fiction novel, an autobiography, and a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel for director David Fincher. The British farce is only his latest distraction. Audiences curious about what Tarantino is cooking up might want to head over to HBO Max, where a farcical film has emerged as the new number one.

The movie in question opened in theaters in December 2025, although it didn't make much of an impression at the box office. Directed by Jim O'Hanlon, the film grossed around $2 million but earned mostly positive reviews. It's now sitting at a "Certified Fresh" score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus praised its "gleefully affectionate tone" and highlighted its "fearless comic spirit." The movie combined the upstairs-downstairs drama of Downton Abbey with the campy intrigue of Bridgerton and the murder mystery thrills of Knives Out.

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The movie in question is Fackham Hall, in which a British aristocrat is found dead in his manor, leaving wedding guests gathered at the manor as the prime suspects. The movie features Damian Lewis, alongside Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston, Ben Radcliffe, and Harry Potter star Tom Felton. In her review for Collider, Maggie Lovitt wrote that Fackham Hall "has a few intellectual jokes up its sleeve with a wholly unexpected running bit with J.R.R. Tolkien, but beyond that, it shies away from smarter comedy." The last few years have seen a couple of other big-screen farces. David O. Russell's star-studded Amsterdam, which featured Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington, tanked with just $30 million worldwide against a reported budget of $80 million. Meanwhile, Sam Rockwell, Adrien Brody, and Saoirse Ronan starred in See How They Run, which made $22 million at the box office.