George Clooney The Midnight Sky one of Netflix’s biggest openings – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: This year, especially, the right to boast about the holiday season should belong to the streamers, since several large films fill the gap in the holiday corridor emptied by the pandemic. The problem is that most of them resist transparency, even when the news is good. I’m trying to get information about some movies, but here is some news that Deadline got about one of the big hits. The science fiction thriller directed by George Clooney The midnight sky is on its way to becoming one of the greatest movies of all time on Netflix – with a projection of 72 million families in the process of watching the film in the first 4 weeks. Netflix confirmed that, coupled with the fact that success is global: The midnight sky reached first place overall in 77 countries; and was in the Top 10 in 93 countries – from Turkey to Argentina, Germany and Iceland (where part of the film was shot).

In addition, the theatrical release of The midnight sky was the biggest Netflix of the year. While this needs to be qualified in light of how the Covid pandemic hit the theater, The midnight sky played in more than 800 locations in 16 countries, including the USA, UK, Brazil, Australia, Spain, Japan and Mexico.

There is validation here of the Netflix Filmes program built under the leadership of Scott Stuber, who in three years brought talents with whom he related when he was an executive and film producer. When he came in, most of the big stars weren’t making streamer films, but that line in the sand is gone. Netflix started 2020 with Chris Hemsworth-starrer Extraction, which has become the streamer’s most viewed film and has a sequel in progress. The year ends with the direction of David Fincher Mankdirected by Aaron Sorkin The Chicago Trial 7 and Midnight sky. Netflix begins 2021 with its biggest film production, the spy thriller directed by Joe & Anthony Russo The Gray Man scheduled to start early next year in Long Beach with Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans starring.

Said Clooney, who directed, starred and produced The midnight sky: “It was a great experience working with Netflix. At a time when no one can go to the theater, it is an honor to be able to have a film that people have responded to in such an important way and to be able to recognize it. “

Netflix’s Stuber said: “George made a film that captures humanity and that is very perceptive for our times. He brought a life and a soul to The midnight sky – that’s why this film is resonating with so many. What an incredible way to end the year and continue my longstanding relationship with George and Grant Heslov. “

Clooney stars with Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Demian Bichir, Tiffany Boone and Caoilinn Springall.