Jason Statham’s buzzworthy action flick The Beekeeper is officially swarming streaming charts once again, this time landing at #6 on MGM+ — and proving that when it comes to punching scammers and delivering bee puns with a straight face, no one does it better than Statham. After dominating theaters at the beginning of last year with an impressive $152.7 million global box office haul, The Beekeeper quietly became one of the most-watched films on Prime Video in 2024 and is now making major moves on MGM+ as well. Not bad for a movie that many dismissed as another mid-budget revenge thriller — and one that now sits at a strong 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Directed by Fury’s David Ayer and written by Equilibrium’s Kurt Wimmer, The Beekeeper stars Statham as Adam Clay, a former elite operative of a mysterious organization known only as the Beekeepers. What starts as a story about a mild-mannered...