Tom Hanks' $760M Mystery Thriller Makes an HBO Max Comeback

Tom Hanks is never far from a big box office success, and although his recent filmography has proved a mixed bag, his latest big screen release was one of the year's best. As Woody, alongside Buzz (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), and the rest of the gang, Hanks returned for a fifth installment in the Toy Story franchise. The fourth film was widely considered the worst of the bunch, so Toy Story 5 had to steer the franchise back to form.

Returning the franchise to form is exactly what Toy Story 5 did. "The impressive fifth installment not only justifies its existence but feels like a necessary response to how much the world has changed in the past three decades," wrote Collider's Taylor Gates in an 8/10 review, one of several that praised the film for adapting to modern topics without losing the heart and humor the franchise had become famous for. The film earned $1 billion at the global box office, currently ranking as the year's third-highest-grossing film, and becoming Hanks' highest-grossing movie ever.

Another of his biggest hits of all time, the Ron Howard-directed The Da Vinci Code, is currently back among the streaming best. At the time of writing, the film is one of the ten most-watched on HBO Max in the world, a list topped by 2016's The Legend of Tarzan. The film was an enormous box office success, earning over $750 million worldwide from a $125 million budget. However, it wasn't without controversy, as some conservative commentators considered this adaptation of Dan Brown's 2003 novel of the same name blasphemous.

What Did Critics Say About 'The Da Vinci Code'?

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Whether it was due to claims of blasphemy or not, most critics agreed that The Da Vinci Code was a poor adaptation. The film was panned by reviewers worldwide, scoring just 25% on the review site Rotten Tomatoes, and being called "ludicrous," "a real cop-out," and "too meekly middlebrow to really affront." That being said, most could at least see the value in Hans Zimmer's score, with the legendary composer scoring Golden Globes and Critics' Choice nominations.