Just how popular are Netflix‘s big time original movies, you ask? Well, Nielsen has this week backed up Netflix’s own reported data by confirming that 26 million subscribers in the United States watched their latest hit original Bird Box in the first week of it being available on the streaming service, with 45 million members checking it out globally in that first week!
As Deadline reports, this makes Bird Box the service’s biggest original movie to date, though it’s worth noting that Season 2 of “Stranger Things” bested it by around 1 million viewers.
Interestingly, the biggest day for Bird Box was not its first day of release but rather its *eighth* day (December 28th) on the service, highlighting just how strong the film’s word of mouth and social media popularity have been. The fact that one movie pulled in 45 million(!) sets of eyeballs in its first week of release is the truest testament to Netflix’s far-reaching power.
Could Bird Box 2 be in our future? We sure wouldn’t be surprised, and the world established by the first film is certainly one that could be expanded upon, if Netflix desires.
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