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Things are looking up for Netflix’sDon’t Look Up.
The star-studded end-of-the-world disaster movie, which debuted on Netflix Dec. 24, broke a record for the streaming service when it amassed the most hours viewed in a single week (Dec. 27 through Jan. 2) with 152.29 million hours streamed around the world. Netflix confirmed the new record to PEOPLE.
It now sits as the platform’s No. 3 most-viewed film of all time (in a film’s first 28 days) behind 2018’sBird Boxand last year’sRed Notice, per Netflix’stallies.
Don’t Look UpstarsLeonardo DiCaprioand Jennifer Lawrences as astronomers trying to alert officials — like U.S. president Meryl Streep — that a comet is headed toward Earth with a deadly outcome for the planet. The satire also starsJonah Hill, Timothée Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Cate Blanchett,Ariana Grande, Mark Rylance, Ron Perlman and more.
In its first week of release, the movieattracted 111.03 millionviewing hours and debuted among Netflix’s top 10 list in 94 countries.
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McKay recentlytoldVarietythat he was “constantly tweaking, tweaking,tweaking” the film’s endingin the editing process because he worried whether they were “goingtoofar.”
In September, DiCaprio told PEOPLE that the writer/director “has anunparalleled ability to spark conversationwith humor and timely stories.”
“I knew when I read his script that it was incredibly unique, as it struck an important chord concerning the modern world we live in,” said the Oscar winner. “Adam has woven an incredibly timely message about society, how we communicate, our current priorities, and the climate crisis into an absurdly funny yet important movie.”
Don’t Look Upis now streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
