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March 5, 2020 12:43 am

'Contagion,' Steven Soderbergh's 2011 Thriller, Is Climbing Up the Charts

One of the hottest movies in the Warner Bros. library is a nine-year-old drama that kills off Gwyneth Paltrow in its first 15 minutes. From a report: Fears of the coronavirus have prompted movie fans to re-examine Steven Soderbergh's star-studded 2011 thriller, "Contagion," a fictional account of a pandemic that kills 26 million people worldwide. According to Warner Bros., the film was listed as No. 270 among its catalog titles at the end of December. Since the start of 2020, it has jumped to second, bested only by Harry Potter movies. "Contagion" is also trending on Amazon Prime Video and has flirted with the iTunes top 10. Barry Jenkins, the writer and director of "Moonlight," the best picture winner at the 2017 Oscars, was one of the people who found himself interested in the film in recent days. He said he had watched "Contagion" with his girlfriend, Lulu Wang, the writer and director of the acclaimed 2020 indie hit "The Farewell," while on location in Atlanta -- the city, he was quick to point out, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has its headquarters. The two film aficionados bought a download of "Contagion" from Comcast's Xfinity on-demand service. "I paid $12.99 to watch a 10-year-old movie," Mr. Jenkins said. "I've never done that before."

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