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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein delivered a robust begin on Netflix, pulling in 29.1M views in its first three days. That makes it the director’s largest Netflix debut, topping the launches of each Pinocchio and Cupboard of Curiosities. It in the end took the number one spot on the worldwide film chart for the week ending November ninth, so let’s dive into the numbers.
Launched on November seventh following a restricted theatrical run, the R-rated, two-and-a-half-hour movie arrives on Netflix with important essential momentum from its Venice premiere. With a Licensed Recent and Verified Sizzling rating and robust phrase of mouth, it has been trending broadly throughout social platforms.
Topline quantity: Frankenstein opened at number one on the English Movies chart with 73.6M hours watched, translating to 29.1M views.
When it comes to 2025 film debuts, it ranks fifth amongst English-language titles this 12 months (largely launched on Friday, with a couple of exceptions). Frankenstein’s opening sits just under Tom Hardy’s Havoc (29.8M views) and forward of Tyler Perry’s STRAW (25.3M views).
The debut can also be the most important for Guillermo del Toro, with the Oscar-winning Pinocchio debuting to 13.8M views and Cupboard of Curiosities debuting to six.6M views.
FlixPatrol numbers for the primary few days, the film has now reached the highest spot in 85 international locations, with solely a handful of holdouts the place it’s at the moment rating in both #2 or #3 within the day by day film charts.
Whereas we don’t have any theatrical figures (Netflix doesn’t launch them), we now have anecdotal proof that it’s doing effectively and has continued to promote effectively because the Netflix launch. Even the variety of theaters it’s taking part in in will not be fairly clear. Forward of launch, Guillermo del Toro mentioned, “I don’t know the precise quantity, nevertheless it’s three weeks completely after which it could actually keep in theaters longer.” What we do know is that it wasn’t a large rollout. However did its three-week window play any important position in its Netflix efficiency? That’s virtually unimaginable to say.
a few exterior demand elements — Google Tendencies world knowledge and Wikipedia web page views —you may see that the one important bump has been its precise Netflix launch, with its restricted theatrical rollout barely noticeable on these charts.
Google Tendencies for Frankenstein (prime) and Wikipedia pageviews for Frankenstein (backside)
Subsequent up with Guillermo del Toro is the documentary on the famed creator, Sangre Del Toro, coming to Netflix globally on November twenty first, directed by Yves Montmayeur. He’s additionally producing The Boy In The Iron Field, at the moment in manufacturing, and on the event slate is The Buried Big, amongst different titles.
In case you haven’t seen and want extra Frankenstein, Netflix additionally launched a 45-minute making-of documentary known as Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson.
Given the nice phrase of mouth and implausible evaluations that proceed to pile in on the likes of IMDb, RottenTomatoes, and Letterboxd, we suspect Frankenstein goes to have some lengthy legs within the prime 10s.
We’ll have extra evaluation on Frankenstein’s numbers by way of our High 10 Reviews within the weeks to come back.
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