A Black Friday deal on a Max subscription (or HBO Max, if you're sticking with the old name) could end up being one of the best streaming deals of Black Friday 2024. It'll hopefully appear soon, given that Friday, November 29 is less than two weeks out.
Max is one of the most expensive streaming services out there, with its wide library of Warner Bros. movies, HBO shows, Discovery factual programming and quite a bit more, all setting you back between $9.99 and $19.99 per month.
So a deal over the Black Friday period would help you save when you sign up, and I'm happy to say that a discount is likely - in fact, it could be better than you think, and more on that later.
We're expecting to hear more about a Max Black Friday deal any day now, and we'll update this article as soon as we hear about it. In the mean time, we've got speculation and extra information to help you plan your Black Friday spending.
More Black Friday options:
- Netflix Black Friday deals
- Apple TV Plus Black Friday deals
- Disney Plus Black Friday deals
- Paramount Plus Black Friday deals
- Prime Video & Channels Black Friday deals
- Max Black Friday deals
- Peacock Black Friday deals
- Hulu Black Friday deals
- ESPN Plus Black Friday deals
- Sling TV Black Friday deals
Will there be a Black Friday deal on Max subscriptions?
There's a good chance that there will be a Max Black Friday deal this year, and that's because the streamer has offered discounts in past years.
For Black Friday's last hurrah, we saw a price cut on Max that reduced the monthly price of the ad-enabled tier from $9.99 to $2.99 for six months, saving you $42 over half a year, though there were no discounts beyond six months or on other tiers.
In the previous year, Max offered a similar deal, reducing the tier to $1.99 per month for your first three months. Based on that, I'd say that we'll likely see another Max deal on the ad-supported deal this time around.
When Max announces its Black Friday deal for 2024 (or doesn't), we'll update this guide with more information.
Why a Max Black Friday deal could be doubly good
When I was doing some research into Max's previous Black Friday offerings (it was a year ago, okay, I can't remember that far back!) I found a Reddit post from someone who'd taken Max up on the offer last year.
After working through their six months of discounted subscription and trying to cancel, Max had offered them a further three-month subscription for a reduced price of $5 per month.
In fact, the more I researched, the more I found other users recounting a similar experience. So while a Max deal might seem like it's set for a limited time, the streamer is obviously keen to keep you subscribed.
Obviously, this deal is applied on a case-by-case basis, and so not everyone will get it. Therefore we can't treat it like a 'full' deal, but if you simply can't decide between two streaming services, it might help tip the balance.
When could the Max deal begin and end for Black Friday?
Let's look at what Max did last year, in order to guess when the Black Friday 2024 deal could begin and end.
Max began its deal last year a few days before Black Friday on Tuesday, November 21. If it picks to release its deal three days prior to the Big Day in 2024, that would be Tuesday, November 26.
The deal lasted for a week last year and ended on Tuesday, November 28, the day after Cyber Monday. A week after the 26th would make the 2024 deal end on Tuesday, December 3.
Remember that this is all guesswork for now!
Will there be more Black Friday streaming deals?
There are few types of gadget, item or subscription service that don't see Black Friday discounts, so if you want to test out a different streamer or want to buy a nice big TV to watch Max on, there will be options out there.
There were a fair few Black Friday deals on streaming services in 2023, and this could be the case in 2024 too. Hulu, Peacock, Paramount Plus, Fubo and Philo also saw discounts on monthly subscriptions of various lengths.
Above you can find linked my guides on all the other streaming services and whether they'll see discounts over 2024's Black Friday.
How much does Max cost?
Disregarding deals, how much does Max cost for a subscription usually?
The cheapest price you can get for Max is $9.99 per month. This is for the Max with ads plan, which shows you commercials and doesn't let you download content, and there's an annual equivalent at $99.99 for a year.
The next tier up is Max ad-free. This costs $16.99 per month or $169.99 for a full year, and you can use it to watch content without commercials, in 4K and downloaded onto devices.
There's also Max Ultimate ad-free at $20.99 per month or $209.99 for a year. The difference that makes this Ultimate is that you can listen to Dolby Atmos sound on supported titles, plus a higher number of downloads and simultaneous screens for streaming.
