Kim Da-mi·Park Hae-soo star in the Netflix film "The Great Flood," which has held firmly onto the No. 1 spot in the non-English films institutional sector, continuing its global box office momentum even a month after release.
On the 14th, according to the Netflix Tudum TOP 10 website, the film 'The Great Flood' rose to No. 1 in the non-English films institutional sector with 5.2 million weekly views (the value of views·viewing time divided by running time) counted from the 5th to the 11th. It is the top film for four consecutive weeks since release, showing a continued long-running box office trend.
Released on the 19th of last month, "The Great Flood" started with 27.9 million views in its first week, rose to 33.1 million in its second week at its peak, and afterward recorded 11.1 million in the third week and 5.2 million in the fourth week, maintaining steady viewing momentum. Since its release, cumulative views have easily surpassed 70 million, and it has entered the top 10 list of the most popular non-English films among Netflix Korea films.
The film's performance by country is also notable. "The Great Flood" has entered the top 10 in more than 50 countries, including Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, Brazil and Thailand, receiving balanced interest worldwide. Its broad audience reach across Asia, the Americas and South America, rather than being limited to a specific region, is cited as a reason for its long-running success.
"The Great Flood," directed by Kim Byung-woo, is an SF disaster blockbuster that depicts AI researcher Anna (played by Kim Da-mi), selected as a rescue target in a disaster situation, fighting desperately to protect her young son Jae-in (Kwon Eunseong). The combination of the scale of a major disaster film with themes of artificial intelligence and maternal love has been received as fresh by overseas viewers, and it is spreading by word of mouth.
Especially on overseas review sites and social media, analyses note that reviews such as "not just a simple disaster film but a work that deals with human emotion and the ethics of technology together" and "it maintains immersion despite the long running time" are leading to repeated viewings.
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