Kristen Stewart’s new movie Happiest Season breaks records for streaming service Hulu with debut

Kristen Stewart’s new film, Happiest Season, has broken records for the Hulu streaming service with its debut weekend.

The film, which co-starred Mackenzie Davis, was Hulu’s most-watched original film to debut weekend, Variety reported on Wednesday.

The film also won the accolade of attracting more subscribers for the service than any previous release, sources told the publication, adding that it has set new high marks for social media mentions on Twitter. .

The story of the film directed by Clea DuVall centers around a lesbian couple named Abby (Stewart) and Harper (Davis), who pretend to be straight when they visit Harper’s parents Ted and Tipper (Victor Garber and Mary Steenburgen) for the holidays, like Harper. did not come out to his parents.

Stewart previously told People: ‘I think I’ve wished I saw a gay Christmas rom-com my whole life. I am so happy and proud of Clea for bringing this into the world.

She added: ‘I love when a vacation movie makes you want an idea of ​​the house, but also examines how hilarious and difficult reality at home can be. ”

Sony’s Tri-Star Pictures originally held the rights to the film, selling it to Hulu as the coronavirus has shut down theaters across the country.

“Obviously we all wanted a theatrical release for that, and Sony was a great partner,” DuVall told Variety Monday. But Hulu just took the ball and did an amazing job, and was so passionate. It is really heartwarming to me that so many people wanted to spread this story.

She added, “ I also felt like it was so long since a movie like this has been made on this scale, you know? All I was really hoping for was that it would make studios or streamers feel like movies like this have an audience and people want to see them.

“I just wanted to do a job good enough that I could do more on a larger scale. These LGBTQ stories would be – you know, there would be more!