As expected, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” took first place in Netflix’s weekly movie rankings in its opening weekend on streaming. Glass Onion, the sequel to Rian Johnson’s 2019 film Knives Out, was watched for 82.1 million hours in its December 19-25 viewing window, during which it was only available for the past three days. By Netflix’s estimate, dividing the viewing hours by the movie’s 2.3-hour running time, that’s 35 million households tuned in.
The movie has hit Netflix after a limited theatrical release that began on November 23, exactly one month before it premiered. The “Knives Out” franchise is a major investment for Netflix, which in 2021 paid $450 million for the rights to two sequels, plus another $40 million for the production of “Glass Onion.”
the first. It remains to be seen whether or not the company will get a solid return on its investment.
Its 82.1 million viewing hours put “Glass Onion” slightly behind the opening of 2021’s “The Unforgivable” (85.9 million), the lowest comparable title on Netflix’s slate of its most popular films of all time. (Sandra Bullock’s movie is at No. 8. “The Irishman” and “The Kissing Booth 2” are at No. 9 and No. 10, respectively, but they premiered before Netflix started releasing weekly streaming data, so info around weekends Editorial week. N/A.) Of course, this isn’t a perfect comparison: “Glass Onion” had its Christmas premiere, which means more people were home to see the movies, though they were also grouped together, subtitled to aggregate views instead of views on multiple devices. “The Unforgivable” premiered on December 10, 2021, when viewers were busier but also more likely to watch the film separately and contribute more viewing hours,
Plus, “The Unforgivable” hasn’t seen a steep rise like some of Netflix’s other more popular movies. For example, The Gray Man opened with 88.6 million hours watched in July, just 2.7 million more than The Unforgivable, but finished fourth with 253.9 million hours watched after 28 days of airing, nearly another 40 million from the final tally. For The Unforgivable’s 214.7 million. And when Purple Hearts premiered a week after The Gray Man it was watched with just 48.2 million hours before skyrocketing to become the seventh most popular Netflix movie of all time with 228.7 million hours after 28 days.
So, “Glass Onion” could still be on a path to huge viewership success on Netflix. (It should also be noted that while Netflix and movie theaters declined to comment on box office numbers, sources said diverse The film grossed nearly $15 million in its first week of theatrical release.)
Also notable on the Netflix Top 10 for the week of December 19-25 was the debut of the third season of “Emily in Paris” with 117.6 million hours watched during its first five days of availability, reaching number two on the English-language TV chart. The Lily Collins-starring drama series is a heavyweight for Netflix, with the previous season sticking around in the top 10 for five weeks, though season 3 is already beating it with 10 million more hours watched than season 2, which debuted.
“Emily in Paris” was only beaten by “Wednesday”. With 118.5 million hours watched from December 19 to December 25, the series is now in its sixth consecutive week as the #1 TV series on Netflix. Although it missed its chance to beat season 4 of “Stranger Things” for the title of most popular English-language series of all time, landing 1.237 billion hours watched in its first 28 days, it still beats the series in other ways: Wednesday” broke the record for most hours watched in a single week with 341.2 million hours when it debuted, then reset that record with 411.3 million hours the following week.
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