"The Glory" (Netflix photo)
Netflix: Korean Drama ‘The Glory’ Dominates Weekly Streaming Through March 12
March 14, 2023
Netflix original Korean content continues to resonate with subscribers, as part two of the six-week-old drama “The Glory” topped all content with almost 125 million hours consumed across 79 countries for the week ended March 12.
The series also entered Netflix’s all-time non-English-language TV chart in the No. 9 spot.
Other Korean titles on the weekly list included new docuseries “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal,” “Crash Course in Romance” and the movie Unlocked.
In the week leading up to the Oscars, where the streamer took home four Academy Awards, including Best International Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Music (Original Score), the German World War I movie All Quiet on the Western Front finished No. 4 on the non-English-language movie chart with 4.2 million hours streamed.
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Murder mysteries continue to top the English-language TV chart. Part two of the fourth season of psychological thriller series “You” remained No. 1 with 75.81 million hours viewed during the week and was in the top 10 in 86 countries. On the English-language movie chart, Idris Elba returned as detective John Luther in Luther: The Fallen Sun to finish No. 1 with 65.92 million hours viewed.
On the English-language TV chart, docuseries “MH370: The Plane That Disappeared” generated 59.88 million hours across 86 countries to finish in the top 10. “Outer Banks” season three generated another 44.58 million hours. This season has generated almost 300 million hours viewed since launching three weeks ago. Seasons one and two also remained on the chart along with the second seasons of “Sex/Life” and “Next in Fashion” and season one of “Perfect Match.”
Chris Rock’s live “Selective Outrage” stand-up comedy show continued to draw streamers, generating almost 18 million hours viewed to land at No. 8 on the English movies chart.
Among non-English-language movies, family horror movie We Have a Ghost saw another 21.81 million hours viewed after three weeks of release. The Spanish romantic comedy Love at First Kiss, Turkish mystery 10 Days of a Good Man, Polish drama Tonight You’re Sleeping With Me and Swedish military drama Black Crab all charted.
On the non-English-language TV chart, seasons one and two of the Spanish thriller “Wrong Side of the Tracks,” Mexican thriller “Triptych,” Germany’s “Too Hot To Handle” and Mexican drama “La Reina del Sur” all remained on the chart. Newcomers included the Hindi-language thriller “Rana Naidu.”
