Ever since her groundbreaking debut in The Wolf of Wall Street, pretty much any Margot Robbie movie has grabbed audiences’ attention, capped off by 2023’s megahit Barbie. Oddly enough though, Focus, in which she starred opposite another A-lister in Will Smith, kind of got lost in the shuffle. That’s changing following the movie’s recent debut on Netflix, as it has shot up to the top spot of most-watched movies in the US just a day after it premiered on the streamer, November 10.
Released in 2015, Focus follows professional con man Nicky (Smith) as he attempts to take on a big score from a dangerous individual, only to have his plans thrown for a loop when his old protégé (Robbie) who he had a budding romance with is also on the scene. Written and directed by the duo behind Crazy, Stupid, Love (Glenn Ficarra and John Requa), Focus wasn’t able to keep audiences’ attention at the time; the movie is classified as “Rotten” on Rotten Tomatoes and made just over $53 million at the US box office ($159 million globally).
