An expected Oscar favorite, this Netflix movie is still one of the platform’s biggest flops

Although Rebel Moon: Part 1 – Child of Fire divided critics, the film still managed to become Netflix’s most-watched film in its release week, with an estimated 23.9 million total views. It still holds the top ten spot on January 2. Rebel Moon Another highly anticipated film released in the same week didn’t go down well with the audience at all… This is Maestro.

We know that Netflix measures its success based on the top 10. This is crucial in the second week of work, as it covers a full week of watching. During this period, all eyes are on the performance of the film. However, it turns out that Maestro – Bradley Cooper’s second feature film as a director – only appears in very few top ten charts worldwide.

Netflix only lists six countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Portugal, and Serbia. The United States is not, nor are other English-speaking countries. Same sentence in France: not top 10. A big disappointment for a film that showed its ambitions too early.

However, we can’t call this Leonard Bernstein biopic a failure until we know what ultimate impact it will have on awards season. Of course, selling big hits to the general public at the end of 2023 for the platform is harder than Rebel Moon or World After Us, but all is not over.

It still seems like prestigious projects are making mere appearances at awards ceremonies, which seems like a very expensive strategy because if you haven’t seen them in theaters or streaming… 80 million spent without a good audience, it seems. Chasing pure prizes that don’t translate into real profits.

Nevertheless, the fact remains that “Maestro” is still mentioned by the American and international press in the list of Oscar-nominated films. in what category It’s too early to tell, but we can still bet on Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Makeup and Hair.

It seems that 2023 wasn’t a very successful year for Netflix’s biggest and most expensive original movies, as only two titles – The Mother starring Jennifer Lopez and Tyler Rake 2 – managed to make the top ten most watched movies. of all times.