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Netflix’s South Korean sci-fi disaster epic The Great Flood has officially completed its momentous first 91 days on the platform, and what a wave it has made.
Starring Kim Da-mi and Park Hae-soo, the time-looping survival thriller not only topped the charts upon release, but also gained a foothold critically, remaining in the daily top 10 worldwide for months. More importantly, while Korean titles have been appearing on TV lists for the past few years, this is the first Korean film to crack the all-time top 10 on both the new metric and the old metric.
Now that its 91-day premiere window has closed (the all-important metric Netflix uses to calculate its most popular lists), great flood has officially cemented its legacy. The blockbuster finished its run as the fifth most watched non-English film of all time on Netflix. This last year’s action film fell slightly behind in fourth place. external, With 91.7 million views, and ahead of the 2023 film NowhereWhich got 85.7M views.
The final figures are as follows:
- hours watched: 157,300,000
- Scene: 86,600,000
Where did the Great Flood fare best?
Thanks to data from FlixPatrol, we can see how many days a film spent on each country’s daily Netflix Top 10 lists, tracking where the film generated the most reaction.
The undisputed standout market was Vietnam. The Great Flood remained in the Vietnamese top 10 for 75 days – meaning it was one of the most watched films in the country for almost the entire 91-day record-keeping window.
The film performed exceptionally well throughout Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America. Here’s a look at the best-performing regions where the film spent more than a month in the top 10:
- Vietnam: 75 days
- Morocco: 44 days
- Hong Kong: 39 days
- Taiwan: 39 days
- Egypt: 36 days
- South Korea: 36 days
- Nigeria: 35 days
- Philippines: 35 days
- Thailand: 35 days
- Turkey: 35 days
Other large markets include Oman, Peru and Venezuela (33 days each), as well as Colombia, Ecuador, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (32 days).
It is extremely difficult for international features to break into English-dominated markets, but The Great Flood managed to overcome this and maintain its hold. The film spent a very respectable 11 days in the daily top 10 lists in both the United States and the United Kingdom. For a non-English science-fiction thriller, spending more than a week and a half in these highly competitive regions is testament to strong word-of-mouth and the universal appeal of a high-stakes disaster flick.
It had an equally solid, albeit shorter, run in parts of Europe, with 11 days in Norway and Sweden, 10 days in Denmark and Iceland, and 5 days in Ireland (which was its shortest overall performance across the board).
Its 91 day window has now closedgreat flood Troll joins the elite ranks of international giants like Society of the Snow and Nowhere.
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