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Against the backdrop of a media industry that has built streaming into a structured second window for theatrical releases, "Jackass: Best and Last" moves to platforms this week after recording box office earnings below each of the four Jackass films that preceded it.
The fifth entry in the franchise built on Johnny Knoxville's MTV stunt series is now making its commercial case to a streaming audience.
A franchise cycle running long The Jackass series traces its origin to MTV, where the format of dangerous physical stunts performed by a recurring cast found a mass audience before the franchise moved to theatrical releases.
Five films later, the most recent entry has underperformed the box office benchmarks set by each of those that came before.
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