Netflix have funelled billions of dollars into original movies in an effort to play the rest of Hollywood at their own game and establish the streaming service as a genuine rival to the dominance of the studio system. The Coronavirus pandemic has only increased the company’s standing in the industry, too, with countless original projects dominating the conversation as viewership numbers go through the roof, while the theatrical market is still showing very little signs of sustained recovery.
Despite spending $150 million on Michael Bay’s 6 Underground, $70 million on The Old Guard, $65 million on Extraction, $85 million on Project Power and anywhere up to $250 million on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, though, relatively small scale mystery caper Enola Holmes looks like it has a real chance of becoming Netflix’s biggest original hit ever.
Having already scored the strongest debut since March, the literary adaptation rocketed to the top of...
Despite spending $150 million on Michael Bay’s 6 Underground, $70 million on The Old Guard, $65 million on Extraction, $85 million on Project Power and anywhere up to $250 million on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, though, relatively small scale mystery caper Enola Holmes looks like it has a real chance of becoming Netflix’s biggest original hit ever.
Having already scored the strongest debut since March, the literary adaptation rocketed to the top of...
- 9/29/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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