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Los Angeles, December 28 - Daniel Craig-fronted mystery film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has debuted at number 1 on Netflix, but failed to score the top 5 spots in the all-time list. ## Directed by Rian Johnson, the sequel scored 82.1 million viewing hours in the opening weekend (Dec. 23 - 25) and was the number 1 movie (English and non-English) worldwide on the streamer during Dec. 19 - 25 week. It scored the 6th biggest opening weekend for Netflix of all time. ## The top five biggest Netflix films in the opening weekend are "Red Notice (148.72 million hours), "Don't Look Up" (111.03 million hours), "The Adam Project" (92.43 million hours), "The Gray Man" (88.55 million hours), and "The Unforgivable" (85.86 million hours). ## "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is the first Netflix movie to get a theatrical release from all three major American theater chains (AMC Theatres, Cinemark Theatres, and Regal Cinemas) after director Johnson pushed the streamer for big screen release first.## The movie had a low release in over 700 theaters in North America but made a big impact as it grossed around $13 million over the five-day holiday weekend. The first "Knives Out" (2019) movie was a huge hit for Lionsgate as it grossed over $310 million worldwide. ## According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Glass Onion" could have scored $40 million - $50 million in the opening weekend had it got a traditional theatrical release which Netflix didn't do and let the opportunity to earn millions from theatrical grosses.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, December 15 - Netflix continues to score big success from its non-English content, and the latest to strike gold for the streamer is the Norwegian film Troll. ## The action-adventure monster film "Troll" has become the most-watched non-English movie ever on Netflix, beating "Blood Red Sky" within just two weeks. The film premiered on December 1st, and by December 11, it scored 128 million viewing hours to become the number 1 non-English film. ## "Troll" is in the Top 10 in 93 countries including Norway, France, Germany, the U.S., the U.K., Japan, South Korea, Brazil, and Mexico, and it is trending at the number 1 position in 62 countries. It is also the 4th Netflix non-English film to breach the 100 million viewing hours mark. ## In the film, a Norwegian addition to the ever-popular kaiju genre, deep inside the mountain of Dovre, Norway, something gigantic awakens after being trapped for a thousand years. Destroying everything in its path, the creature is fast approaching the capital of Norway, with city-dwellers struggling to stop something they thought existed only in Norwegian folklore.## The previous most popular non-English film on Netflix this year was Peter Thorwarth's "Blood Red Sky" (110.5M), where a woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempts to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. ## Stay tuned...

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Los Angeles, December 14 - Netflix has another breakout hit in the form of coming-of-age supernatural comedy horror series Wednesday, which has become the 3rd most-watched series ever on Netflix. ## Released on November 23, the series has crossed 1 billion viewing hours, only 3rd Netflix show to do so, in just 19 days, and with 1.02 billion streaming hours, it is currently the 3rd most series on the streamer (English and Non-English), according to the company's watch-time stats released Tuesday.## Korean global hit "Squid Game" Season 1 is currently the number 1 show on Netflix with 1.65 billion viewing hours, followed by "Stranger Things 4" (English) with 1.35 billion watch hours. "Wednesday", which is based upon the character Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family, still has more than a week to keep accruing watch hours toward its ranking. ## Netflix ranks the popularity of its shows by the total number of hours they're watched within their first 28 days of release, and Wednesday's latest stats count viewing from its Nov. 23 release through Sunday (Dec. 11). ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, December 7 - Actress Rashmika Mandanna marked her Bollywood debut with the slice-of-life comedy-drama film Goodbye, which was released in theaters on October 7 this year. The movie was expected to perform well at the box office but it failed badly and was a theatrical flop. ## Directed by Vikas Bahl, "Goodbye" was recently released on Netflix after its theatrical run and it gets a good response on the opening weekend. The movie secured its position in the top 10 most watched non-English movies worldwide on Netflix in its opening weekend.## "Goodbye" scored 4.09 million views hours in the first three days and was the 9th most watched non-English movie during the week of November 28 - December 4 on Netflix. It is also trending in the top 10 in 12 countries, including Number 1 in India and Bangladesh on the streamer. The opening weekend viewership numbers of "Goodbye" are one of the highest for a non-direct OTT Hindi movie this year on Netflix. ## Produced by Good Co, Balaji Motion Pictures, and Saraswati Entertainment Pvt Ltd, "Goodbye" stars Amitabh Bachchan and Rashmika Mandanna in lead roles along with Neena Gupta, Sunil Grover, Pavail Gulati, Ashish Vidyarthi, Elli AvrRam, Sahil Mehta, Shivin Narang, Shayank Shukla, newcomer Abhishekh Khan, and Arun Bali in key roles.## Stay tuned...

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Los Angeles, November 7 - It looks like the wait for the fifth and final season of Netflix's one of the most loved shows, Stranger Things is going to end sooner than later. The highly-anticipated final season of the sci-fi adventure has fans on the edge as they can't wait for it to roll out soon. ## As the anticipation for "Stranger Things Season 5" is building up, the creator of the show, The Duffer Brothers have treated fans by revealing the title of the first episode of the upcoming season. ## It was revealed today that Episode 1 is titled Chapter One: The Crawl. Another tidbit is that the episode will be written by the creators themselves — The Duffer Brothers. On the other hand, Netflix also treated fans with special screenings of "Stranger Things 4: Vol. 2" across U.S. movie theaters on November 6. ## Meanwhile, season 4 of the globally loved series is the most-watched English show and the second most ever on Netflix with 1.35 billion viewing hours in the first 28 days. It was released earlier this year in two parts and ruled the streaming charts in many countries, including India. ## The production for "Stranger Things" season 5 will start next year and it will premiere in 2024 on Netflix globally.## season 5. chapter one. the crawl. happy stranger things day pic.twitter.com/xCdNLjD7Yt— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) November 7, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, October 12 - Superstar Aamir Khan's comedy-drama film Laal Singh Chaddha may have underperformed at the box office but it is being loved by the audience on Netflix which is the official streaming partner of the movie. ## Directed by Advait Chandan, the film was digitally streamed on Netflix from 6 October 2022 in Hindi and dubbed versions of Tamil and Telugu languages. It arrived way early on the streamer than the original plans, mostly because of its low performance at the box office where it grossed approx. 134 crores worldwide. ## On Netflix, "Laal Singh Chaddha" was the second most-watched non-English film worldwide in its opening weekend. It scored 6.63 million viewing hours in the first three days and was the most-watched Indian movie during the week (October 3 - 9) on Netflix. The reception on the streamer is largely positive and the word of mouth spreading at a rapid pace. ## Produced by Aamir Khan Productions and Viacom18 Studios in association with Paramount Pictures, LSC is a remake of the 1994 American film Forrest Gump which itself is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film stars Aamir Khan as the title character alongside Kareena Kapoor, Naga Chaitanya (in his Hindi film debut), and Mona Singh. ## Meanwhile, Riteish Deshmukh and Tamannaah's Plan A Plan B continues to remain in the top 5 most-watched non-English films worldwide. The romantic comedy debuted at number 4 with 3.92 million hours viewed and in its first full week, the movie hit 5.13 million viewing hours, for a total of 9.05 million hours viewed in 10 days. ## Telugu movies, Ranga Ranga Vaibhavanga and Saakini Daakini also make it to the top 10 movies on Netflix with 1.62 million and 1.37 million viewing hours, respectively in their opening weekends.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, October 6 - Netflix has a surprise smash hit in the form of Dahmer: Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. It has become one of the biggest Netflix series ever. ## The American limited series, about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, has scored 299.84 million hours viewed during its second week on the streamer. This makes it the second most-watched English series on Netflix in a week, behind Stranger Things 4. ## The first 7 episodes of the fourth season of Stranger Things got 335 million hours viewed in its second week on the streamer and it was viewed by 301.28 million hours after the remaining two episodes dropped on July 1, 2022.## Meanwhile, "Dahmer" racked up 196.2 million viewing hours in its first 5-day weekend, and has become the ninth most-watched English series on Netflix after only 12 days with 496.05 million hours viewed. The series is believed to finish in the top 5 most watched English series of all time on Netflix. ## The fifth season of "Lucifer" is currently the 5th most-watched series with 569.48 million viewing hours. "Dahmer" is likely to top "Bridgerton: Season 2" with 656.26 million viewed hours in its 28 days time on Netflix and become the second most-watched English series on the streamer. ## The latest hit series stars Evan Peters as the notorious serial killer alongside Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, and Niecy Nash. It received mixed reviews, with some critics praising the acting and others deeming it exploitative.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, September 22 - Filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar's drama film Jogi, which is based on 1984's anti-Sikh riots, has been released on Netflix and is being appreciated by the audience. ## The movie starring Diljit Dosanjh in the title role scored 3.08 million viewing hours on the opening weekend (Sept. 16 - 18) and was the 7th most watched non-English film worldwide during the week on Netflix. The film is expected to score higher numbers in the ongoing week as reviews are super positive for this one. ## "Jogi" is set in Delhi's eastside neighborhood of Trilokpuri, and depicts a three-day period in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984. Diljit Dosanjh called these riots genocide in a recent interview with PTI.## Meanwhile, among the other most-watched Indian films on Netflix, John Abraham and Arjun Kapoor's Ek Villain Returns remained in the top 5 for the second consecutive week. It scored 5.16 million viewing hours during the week of September 12 - September 18 and was the third most-watched non-English film on the streamer. It drew 4.75 million viewing hours on the opening weekend. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, September 18 - We all know how the "Dark" web series became a worldwide sensation with a massive viewership across the globe. Netflix announced a new outing titled "1899" which is in similar lines to Dark.## Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, who created Dark are the creative heads behind 1899 as well. This is one of the most anticipated series from Netflix in recent times.## 1899 is about how a group of European passengers traveling on an emigrant ship to a new continent gets caught in a mysterious riddle when they find a second vessel adrift on the open sea. The trailer seems to be promising and this might turn out as another most anticipated series from Netflix. ## 1899 will apparently be premiering on Netflix on the 24th of November. The same will be officially announced by Netflix very soon.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, August 29 - Alia Bhatt-fronted dark comedy Darlings continues to score big on Netflix and now, it has become the most-watched Indian original Netflix film of all time, according to the streamer. ## Directed by Jasmeet K. Reen in her debut, "Darlings" was released on August 5 and since then it has been trending in the top 10. According to Netflix, the movie has been watched for 30 million hours, which is a record for an Indian original Netflix film. ## Netflix also revealed that "Darlings" trended in the top 10 in 28 countries in the first three weeks. Alia Bhatt produced the film under the banner Eternal Sunshine Productions in association with Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. It is Alia's debut as a producer. ## "Darlings" stars Alia Bhatt in the lead role along with Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew. The movie is the story of a young Muslim couple in love - and violence and revenge. Badru (Alia) hopes her volatile husband, Hamza (Vijay) will reform if he stops drinking. However, when his rage goes too far, she and her mum (Shefali) boldly, albeit clumsily, seek revenge.## Missing complaint file mat karo Darlings❗Hum bas humare favourites ka amazing acting dekhne mein busy hai! 🤩 #HarDinFilmyOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/NbRCYNoqDU— Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) August 29, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Hyderabad, August 24 - Amid the booming Oscars buzz, SS Rajamouli's epic blockbuster RRR has set a new and the most deserving record on streaming giant Netflix. While the period action drama film has been hailed as one of the magical big screen spectacles, Netflix has further boosted its popularity among international audiences. ## The Jr. NTR and Ram Charan-starrer film (Hindi version) was released on Netflix 14 weeks ago and since the first week, it has been trending in the top 10 which is an all-time record on Netflix. No other film (English or non-English) in the history of Netflix has trended continuously for 14 weeks and "RRR" is the first to achieve the feat. ## Netflix has played its role in taking the film to newer audiences, even though the demand for the film's special shows is continuously increasing in the UK and the USA as the audience wants to experience this film on the big screen. Nonetheless, the movie has been very productive for Netflix and crossed approx. 70 million viewing hours. ## Delighted to say that, in English & Non-English categories, #RRRMovie is the ONLY FILM to trend GLOBALLY on @NETFLIX for 14 consecutive weeks. 🔥🌊 pic.twitter.com/aFjdhlDgoT— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) August 24, 2022 ## Produced by DVV Entertainment, "RRR" is a fictional story about two real-life Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), and their fight against the British Raj. Set in 1920, the plot explores the undocumented period in their lives when both the revolutionaries chose to go into obscurity before they began the fight for their country.## The movie, which made over 1100 crores at the worldwide box office, also stars Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Chennai, August 19 - Russo Brothers spy action thriller, The Gray Man, which marks Dhanush's Hollywood debut, has become the 4th most-watched film of all time on Netflix. The overall response, however, has been underwhelming to the movie considering the star power it is carrying. ## "The Gray Man" scored 21.16 million viewing hours in its 4th week (Aug. 8 - Aug. 14). The total viewing hours of the movie now reached 245.09 million in 24 days, ahead of "The Adam Project" (233.16M). Currently, "Red Notice" is the most-watched film on Netflix with 364.02 million viewing hours in the first 28 days, followed by "Don't Look Up" (359.79M), and "Bird Box" (282.02M) at number 2 and 3, respectively. ## "The Gray Man" needs another 37 million viewing hours to become 3rd most-watched film on the streamer in 4 days, which is looking unlikely with the response it is getting. Nonetheless, the movie still managed to finish in the top 5 despite the mixed reviews and the high budget of the film ($200M) will surely make Netflix be careful with its future films. ## Produced by the Russo brothers' company, AGBO, it is the first film in a franchise based upon Greaney's Gray Man novels. The film focuses on the CIA agent Court Gentry, who is on the run from sadistic mercenary Lloyd Hanson upon discovering corrupt secrets about his superior.## The movie stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard, and Billy Bob Thornton in key roles. A sequel and spinoff to the movie have been announced by Netflix, and one of them will focus more on Dhanush's character. ## Stay tuned...