‘My son is an editor and was watching Lawrence of Arabia on his phone’: Netflix boss declares war on cinemas?

So what is Ted Sarandos trying to say? The CEO of Netflix recently spoke New York Times On the biggest hits of the last months. Starting with My Little Deer, which recently took the world by storm with dazzling success.

Created by Richard Gadd, the story is based on his life and experiences with a stalker. And Ted Sarandos attributes the series’ success to Netflix’s algorithm, which recommended it to an international audience. Here is its definition:

“There was a time when something like my little deer wouldn’t even be seen in the United States. And if it was, it was on PBS once“, he says. PBS is an American public service channel, which is considered to be of very high quality, but with a very modest audience.

“The series is very, very popular in the UK and, as Netflix does, it falls into the algorithm and starts offering more and more, because when something is that popular in a country, there’s likely to be a large number. viewers outside this country. And it is a huge success all over the world.“

Barbie and Oppenheimer might be coming to Netflix

But Ted Sarandos doesn’t stop there, commenting on the box office success of Oppenheimer’s Barbie. In the same New York Times interview, the Netflix CEO said that movies starring Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy would be just as successful on his streaming platform.

“Both of these movies would be perfect for Netflix. They would definitely find such a large audience on Netflix– says Sarandos.So I don’t think there’s any reason to believe that certain types of movies work or don’t work. There is no reason to believe that the film itself is better, screen size wise, for everyone. My son is an editor. He is 28 years old and was watching Lawrence of Arabia on his phone.“

It’s a claim that sounds like a cinematic declaration of war. In stark contrast to the performance of Sean Baker, who recently won the Palme d’Or at the last Cannes festival for Honor, during which he defended the collective experience in theaters.

To recall, Barbie and Oppenheimer, directed by Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan, was a huge success at the box office. The Mattel Dolls movie grossed over $1.446 billion, while the Atomic Bomb movie grossed over $976 million.