Not counting the benefit of it HBO Max is like saying every single Netflix produced show was a loss. It's part of the reason people have the service, so part of

Not counting the benefit of it HBO Max is like saying every single Netflix produced show was a loss. It's part of the reason people have the service, so part of the money made from the service (and cable subscriptions) can be counted to it. Doing otherwise is effectively lying. Overall, there's no way this movie lost money.