Extraction 2 is officially Netflix's biggest movie premiere of 2023, and the film even beat one of the streamer's biggest 2022 releases. Starring Chris Hemsworth as mercenary Tyler Rake, Extraction 2 is a follow-up to the streamer's hit 2020 action flick. The sequel is once again helmed by stuntman-turned-director Sam Hargrave and has earned mostly positive reviews, with the consensus being that it's largely better than the first.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Now, several days removed from Extraction 2's release, Netflix reveals that the film is the streamer's biggest movie debut of 2023, beating the Jennifer Lopez action movie The Mother. The sequel was watched 42.8 million times during the first three days of its release, putting its total global watch hours at 88 million. This debut is greater even than 2022's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery's 82.
Extraction 2's Success Explained The first Extraction became a massive hit for Netflix in 2020, earning mostly mixed reviews from critics but evidently striking a chord with viewers. Hemsworth's star power and the film's impressive action sequences, which aren't dissimilar to those in the beloved John Wick franchise, quickly made the film one of the streamer's most popular offerings. The stage was set, then, for Extraction 2 to be an even bigger hit.
The first Extraction ends with Rake seemingly dead after a gunshot wound to the neck, so there was likely some interest in seeing how the character ends up surviving his wounds. In addition, the marketing material and trailers hyped the film's bigger and more elaborate action set pieces than the original, with Extraction 2's 21-minute "oner" sequence a particularly talked-about point.
Another thing working in Extraction 2's favor is that the early reviews for the film were more positive than its predecessor, with praise levied at its technically impressive action. The sequel also boasts a higher audience score on Rotten Tomatoes than the first, which means viewers may have suggested the film to others. Extraction 2 may not have beat Netflix's biggest movies like Red Notice or The Gray Man, but its early performance suggests Extraction 3 is definitely coming.
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