The furor surrounding HBO Max’s Heated Rivalry has barely died down; Wuthering Heights and The Housemaid are still doing major box office business. But a new erotic romance series has emerged as an online obsession. The series was released mere days after Wuthering Heights grossed over $80 million at the worldwide box office in its opening weekend, following divisive reviews that called into question its overly sexualized tone. Meanwhile, Heated Rivalry has turned out to be the breakout hit of the year, following a premiere last November in Canada. The six-episode series follows a clandestine romance between two hockey players played by Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie. Wuthering Heights, on the other hand, stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as lovers on the opposite ends of the British class spectrum. The new show, which debuted on Prime Video, might have more in common with Greg Berlanti‘s hit Netflix series You.
Released on February 18, the eight-episode psychological thriller is based on a novel by Catherine Ryan Howard and stars Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia in the lead roles. It follows a couple’s relationship from innocent beginnings to a horrific twist and unfolds in a non-linear structure. The show has earned a 64% score from critics and an 84% score from audiences on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, indicating a clear difference in opinion. In her review, Collider’s Jasneet Singh praised the two leads and wrote that “their wild, tantalizing physical chemistry is the foundation of the show’s murder mystery.”
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The show in question is 56 Days, developed by Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling. It’s co-produced by Atomic Monster, whose founder, James Wan, serves as an executive producer. According to FlixPatrol, 56 Days is the most-watched show on the global Prime Video charts, having replaced the long-running champion Fallout and the reality series Beast Games. 56 Days also managed to overtake holdover Prime Video hits such as The Night Manager, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and the relatively recent Cross. With such a smashing performance right out of the gate, it would appear that 56 Days is just what Prime Video needed to appeal to different audience demographics. The streamer was becoming synonymous with content geared toward older men, which seems to be changing now.
You can watch 56 Days at home. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
- Release Date
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2026 – 2026-00-00
- Network
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Prime Video
- Directors
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Alethea Jones
- Writers
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Lisa Zwerling, Karyn Usher, Catherine Ryan Howard