Major Streamer Officially Makes a Profit and Immediately Increases Subscription Costs



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Streaming services are as popular as they’ve ever been right now, with subscriber numbers soaring and new original movies and TV shows pouring in by the day. Netflix currently holds the crown as the biggest streaming service in the world, and it doesn’t look poised to give it up anytime soon. The streamer has put out new hits this year like War Machine (starring Alan Ritchson) and Apex (starring Charlize Theron), each of which garnered over 100 million views on their way to becoming two of the most-watched titles of all time. HBO Max has also been busy this year expanding the Game of Thrones universe with new hits like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and House of the Dragon, which have both been renewed for new seasons.

Another streaming service that’s falling behind in subscriber numbers but working diligently to make a name for itself is Peacock. The platform is one of the many streaming services now offered in a bundle with Apple TV, which is also quietly becoming one of the best value platforms. Peacock is also one of the cheapest streaming services in the world at only $7.99 for its value bundle, which includes ads, but this won’t be the case for much longer. Peacock is following suit with other services and raising its prices on all of its plans, with the monthly dues for the Select plan rising from $7.99 to $8.99, the Premium plan going from $10.99 to $12.99, and the Premium Plus plan going from $16.99 to $19.99. Annually, Select is raising from $79.99 to $89.99, Premium is going from $109.99 to $129.99, and Premium Plus moving from $169.99 to $199.99.



















Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz
Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most?
Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek

Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.

🚀Star Wars

💍Lord of the Rings

🧙Harry Potter

👑Game of Thrones

🖖Star Trek

01

What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning?
Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.





02

Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit?
The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.





03

How do you prefer your conflicts resolved?
The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.





04

Who do you want beside you when things get difficult?
Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.





05

What is your relationship with power?
How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.





06

How does your universe treat good and evil?
A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.





07

What role would you naturally fall into?
Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?





08

What do you ultimately believe about the future?
The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.





Your Universe Has Been Chosen
You Belong In…

Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.


A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars

You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.

  • You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
  • You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
  • Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
  • The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.


Middle-earth

Lord of the Rings

You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.

  • Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
  • You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
  • Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
  • Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.


The Wizarding World

Harry Potter

You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.

  • The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
  • You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
  • Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
  • That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.


Westeros · The Known World

Game of Thrones

You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.

  • Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
  • You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
  • Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
  • Winter always comes. You are already prepared.


The United Federation of Planets

Star Trek

You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.

  • Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
  • You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
  • The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
  • You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.

The most popular movie on Peacock at the time of writing is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which was also the first film of 2026 to hit $1 billion at the global box office. Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy lead the animated fantasy sequel. The viral horror sensation, Obsession, starring new X-Men lead Inde Navarette, is also still in the Peacock top 10 right now. Even Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups has surged into the Peacock top 10 after news broke that Netflix is now filming the third installment in the comedy franchise.

Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of all the most popular projects on streaming.


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Release Date

April 1, 2026

Runtime

98 Minutes

Director

Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc, Fabien Polack

Writers

Matthew Fogel

Producers

Chris Meledandri, Shigeru Miyamoto


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