Netflix’s original French series “Lupin” is projected to reach 70 million global subscriber homes in the four weeks since its Jan. 8 debut on the streamer — topping “Bridgerton” and “The Queen’s Gambit.” It marks the first time a French series has cracked Netflix’s Top 10 in the United States. Netflix counts a viewer after two minutes of streaming a program.
The five-episode Part 1 season arc features 2012 César-winning Omar Sy (The Intouchables) playing Assane Diop, a modern-day take on the misadventures of famed gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, a character with a heart of gold created by Maurice Leblanc in 1905. Sy is the first black actor to win a French Best Actor award. Netflix plans to bow a five-episode Part 2 season later this year.
With global subscription VOD users topping 970 million by 2024, Netflix's market-leader position will continue — although at a lower percentage, according to new data from Digital Research. The SVOD pioneer will control 23% of the market with 219 million…
Netflix Jan. 22 reported it added a record 8.3 million net subscribers in the fourth-quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2017), to finish the year with more than 117 million subs, including 110 million subs paid. It was the highest quarterly subscriber…
Lost in the euphoria of Netflix’s record fourth-quarter subscriber growth, was a $39 million impairment charge management characterized as “unreleased content we’ve decided not to move forward with.” It’s now been reported the charge related to fiscal fallout from sexual…
NEWS ANALYSIS – Netflix hit another fiscal home run Jan. 22, reporting record 8.3 million subscriber growth in its most-recent financial period. The SVOD pioneer now has more than 117 million subscribers globally. And it’s growing, with no end in…
