Secret statistics and no subscription to audience measurement services. she was famous for this. But this time an official statement arrived: the world's most popular streaming platform revealed to Bloomberg what 10 films were, which are Netflix original products, to be more successful on the platform. Curious to know?
All 10 movies have been released in the past three years, most in the past 12 months, which makes sense if you consider that Netflix has added 43.6 million customers since the beginning of 2019, including 10 million (compared an estimate that stopped at 8) during the lockdown period.
1. Sam Hargrave's Tyler Rake (99 million viewers)
An action thriller starring Chris Hemsworth. In Tyler Rake Thor's star plays a black market mercenary who must save the son of an international drug man. Set between Mumbai, Thailand and Dhaka, Bangladesh, the film released on April 24, is the film adaptation of the graphic novel Ciudad, written by Ande Parks, Anthony and Joe Russo and illustrated by Fernando León González.
2. Bird Box (89 million spectators)
It is the film adaptation of the 2014 novel of the same name written by Josh Malerman, set in a post-apocalyptic future. Protagonist Sandra Bullock who plays Malori a painter who while waiting for a child lives in the nightmare of a strange epidemic that also affects her sister and that causes people to commit suicide. With a thousand memes and the risk of a horrible viral challenge, it has become one of the most talked about films of 2019
3. Spenser Confidential (85 million)
Released on March 6 this year, just before we were all blocked by the lockdown, Spenser Confidential is a film directed by Peter Berg, in his fifth collaboration with the protagonist Mark Wahlberg. This is the film adaptation of the 2013 novel Wonderland written by Ace Atkins, in turn based on the character created by Robert B. Parker and protagonist of various detective novels.
4. 6 Underground (83 million)
The director is Michael Bay, we add as the protagonist Ryan Reynolds and a very solid cast. We mix everything with abundant doses of action, explosions and show sequences. We are in the wake of a Fast & Furious destined to last over time. The story of the film revolves around a team of vigilantes that gives rise to the title: they are the magnificent six (who have no names but numbers), are officially dead but actually alive and well and have decided to put their qualities at the service of the their ideal of justice. They are experts in weapons, hand-to-hand combat, explosives, war and guerrilla actions ... but no superpowers.
5. Murder Mystery (73 million)
Directed by Kyle Newacheck, with Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Luke Evans. Nick Spitz (Adam Sandler), New York policeman finally brings his wife Audrey Spitz (Jennifer Aniston) to Europe for a long-promised vacation. They end up by chance on the luxury yacht of the long-time billionaire Malcolm Quince (Terence Stamp). But when Quince is assassinated, the two spouses, the main suspects, try to find the real culprits for this staggering crime.
6. The Irishman (64 million)
It has been talked about so much that the film doesn't need big presentations. It is the true story of Frank Sheeran, the Irishman who killed unionist Jimmi Hoffa. Based on the book "I Heard You Paint Housesdel" by Charles Brandt, The Irishman has received 9 Academy Award nominations, 4 Golden Globes nominations and much more.
7. Triple Frontier (63 million viewers)
Set on the border between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, it is the story of Santiago, an elite-trained American military who works for a private company in Colombia, where he plans an assault on a wealthy drug trafficker. Some of his former comrades collaborate to make it happen. It is a large production, with a large cast and tells of a conflict not so much and not only against adverse forces but between greed and ethics. Directed by JC Chandor.
8. The wrong Missy (59 million)
A comedy of misunderstandings directed by Tyler Spindel with David Spade and Lauren Lapkus. Tim Morris is a successful employee looking for the woman of his dreams. He tries with a blind date where he meets Melissa, called Missy. But maybe she is not the right "Melissa" ... It came out on May 13th
9. The hole (56 million)
It is a 2019 film directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, set in a prison that develops underground, divided into floors. On floor 0, located at the top of the building, there are cooks with the task of setting up a large table, the "platform", with the favorite dishes of all the people imprisoned on the floors below. The platform descends vertically through the "hole", a gigantic opening in the center of each floor. And the prisoners have the opportunity to eat, within a few minutes, the leftovers of those on the upper floors.
10. The Perfect Date (48 million)
A smart rom com, as Americans would say, directed by Chris Nelson. The plot: to pay for college, Brooks Rattigan an ambitious high school student with the dream of joining Yale creates an app - Murph - that allows him to get paid to play the role of the perfect boyfriend on any occasion. Just order the type of meeting you want, and Brooks will present himself impersonating the type of man required. But as his friend Celia predicted, you can't pretend to be someone else forever ..
