‘The Witcher’ on Track to Be Netflix’s Biggest TV Show Premiere Ever, Company Claims

, was chosen to be watched by 76 million customer households in the first four weeks of release, according to the company.watched “The Witcher” over that time span. But there’s a caveat with the household viewer number : Netflix changed the definition of what constitutes a viewer. Now, according to the company, it’s measuring accounts that “chose to watch and did watch for at least 2 minutes — long enough to indicate the choice was intentional.

About “The Witcher,” Netflix thumped its chest in taking credit for a lift in the franchise’s other instantiations. “As a testament to how our hit content can penetrate the global zeitgeist and influence popular culture, the show’s launch drove up sales of ‘The Witcher’ books and games around the world, and spawned a viral musical hit,” the company said in the shareholder letter., more than a month before the freshman season hit the streaming service.

“6 Underground,” the action movie from director Michael Bay and starring Ryan Reynolds, had a viewer count of 83 million households through its first four weeks.

As it should 🤷

Awesome. Well deserved 👏👏👏👏👏 TheWitcher

MezmanLarson lol guess we need to watch it lol 😛

LaOly

HenryCavillNews 👍👍👍

And WB underestimating Henry Cavill 🤦🏻‍♂️ come on..give us a superman movie wbpictures

netflixwitcher Some dodgy CGI but they capture the characters and the world.

Yes! Henry Cavill 😍😍

Deserved it...

TitanForgeTina Its the best show

Burrewoo Do you recommend this?

Love it!!

netflixwitcher Awesome show. loved it

lennnaxoxo hopefully we can start it before s2comes out 🤝

i am happy

DATCGoodfellow Awesome show!

netflix why you counting 2 mins as a whole view that literally means the person is not interested

it was shite🤭

ew

Have to watch now

fincherism wbpictures make another Superman film 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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LHissrich congratulations!! 🎉🎊

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