Netflix’s sharksplotation movie has become a global phenomenon and the audience figures make it swim among the platform’s heavyweights.
Putting a shark in the waters of the Seine River to threaten the lives of Parisians seems to make things worse within the sharksplotation subgenre, films where sharks are always king. However, we cannot deny that the move has caught on on Netflix.
Non-English speaking films tend to have relatively modest numbers when compared to the big-budget English-speaking films on the platform, but the Xavier Gens It’s setting very crazy numbers.
So much so that, in less than two weeks, In the depths of the Seine Not only has it managed to sneak into Netflix’s all-time Top 10 for non-English speaking films, but it also enters fifth position and has many weeks ahead of it to continue climbing.
After a week and a half, since the current data only includes until Sunday, June 16, the French film adds 69.6 million views on Netflix, displacing productions like through my window either blood red sky.
In the depths of the Seine smells like a throne on Netflix
The important thing about the success of In the depths of the Seine In this short period of time it still has a lot of time to accumulate views and, unless there is a drop in viewers, it is very possible that it will end up at the top.
At the moment, trollthe Norwegian blockbuster, holds the title of the most viewed non-English language film in the history of Netflix, with 103 million views in its first 90 days. The Snow Societyof JA Bayonawas close, but was not able to snatch the crown.
But the sharks have arrived in the Top 10 to stay and are not afraid to bite the Norwegian rocky mass to take the Netflix throne.
We will have to stay tuned in the coming weeks to see how it evolves. The depths of the SeineWell, even Stephen King has given his approval to the film on Netflix.
