Shortly before Christmas is with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery the new part of the crime series by Rian Johnson at Netflix started. After the streaming provider almost two years ago $450 million for the two successors of Knives Out – Murder is a Family Matter (2019) has put on the table, the expectations are likely to have been correspondingly high. The first numbers now show that viewers are definitely interested.
Successful debut for Glass Onion
According to a statement from Netflix, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is already at number 3 in the most watched film starts the platform done. Between December 23, 2022 and January 1, 2023, the sequel starring Daniel Craig was already more than 209.4 million hours viewed. So far only Red Notice (364.02 million) and Don’t look up (359.79 million) more successful here. However, the figures refer to a 28 day window. So Glass Onion still has some time.
The film was already shown in cinemas
Incidentally, a month before the Netflix launch, the sequel could already be viewed on the big screen for a short period of time. Within a week, the film was in US cinemas altogether $15 million import. Those responsible were not really satisfied with that. As part of a panels Netflix CEO Reed Hastings admitted the strategy may have left “a lot of money on the table.”
Who is in the Glass Onion cast?
In addition to the return of Actor Daniel Craigwho can be seen again as detective Benoit Blanc, there were – as in the predecessor – a number of well-known characters Hollywood Stars in front of the camera. Actors like Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson, Ethan Hawke, Janelle Monáe or Hugh Grant are there. Rian Johnson was again responsible for directing and writing the screenplay.
Source: Variety
