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Don't Look Now...

Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022

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🌎☄️ ... but Don't Look Up is looking up to #1. The film has officially become Netflix's second-most successful movie of all time, Deadline first reported yesterday.

  • Netflix calculates movie metrics by hours watched in a title's first 28 days on the platform, when the vast majority of viewing hours are recorded. Don't Look Up has been viewed more than 321 million hours since debuting on Christmas Eve.
  • Spy caper Red Notice is still #1 (for now), notching more than 364 million hours in its first 28 days. Sandra Bullock-led thriller Bird Box clocks in at #3 with a little over 282 million hours viewed.
  • Don't Look Up's plot centers on a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence playing distraught scientists scrambling to get politicians to act – and the public to believe them. Per Director Adam McKay, the comet stands as a metaphor for the climate crisis.
  • The film's current Rotten Tomatoes' audience score stands at 78%. Its audience summary reads: "Although it can be heavy-handed with its messaging, Don't Look Up tackles important subjects with humor and heart."

+More Netflix metrics: On the TV side, Both Season 1 and Season 2 of The Witcher are now in Netflix's top ten of all time.

+A big few weeks for Leo: The actor's climate activism helped save a critically endangered tree in Cameroon... so scientists named it Uvariopsis dicaprio last week.

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