EXCLUSIVE: Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone continues to solid a spell over followers world wide, in response to Digital-i’s British streaming exports checklist 2024.
The primary Harry Potter film was one among solely two initiatives launched earlier than 2024 that made the inaugural checklist, which is measured through viewing outdoors the UK to Netflix, Disney, Prime Video and Max within the U.S., Japan, South Korea and key territories throughout Lat Am and Europe. On condition that The Thinker’s Stone premiered practically 25 years in the past, that is fairly the feat. The one different venture on the checklist launched previous to 2024 was Saltburn, which moved to Prime Video in late 2023 after a theatrical run.
The Harry Potter film was watched greater than 40 million instances on Max final yr and reached practically 20% of the WBD streamer’s subs within the measured territories, putting it eighth on the checklist, in response to the evaluation agency. All eight Harry Potter motion pictures can be found on Max however within the UK they’re on Netflix. Max will launch within the UK subsequent yr.
When damaged down by area, Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone carried out notably properly in Lat Am, the place it reached 26.6% of subs, putting fifth as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Hearth additionally made the highest 10.
Digital-i’s analysis can be encouraging for WBD because it prepares to roll cameras on the big-budget TV collection within the UK. The brand new present is anticipated to run for a couple of decade and casting experiences have reached fever pitch of late.
Digital-i’s analysis reaffirmed the outstanding success of Netflix’s Idiot Me As soon as as a UK breakout. Episodes of the Harlan Coben adaptation had been watched greater than 650 million instances final yr within the non-UK territories, the agency stated, amassing a 42.4% share of the Netflix viewers.
Unsurprisingly, Netflix dominated the British streaming exports checklist, with Child Reindeer, The Gents, One Day and Black Doves rounding out the highest 5. Saltburn and Richard Curtis’ That Christmas had been the opposite two motion pictures on the checklist, whereas Netflix drama Supacell and Netflix-BBC Three’s A Good Woman’s Information to Homicide additionally characteristic.
The analysis as soon as once more spotlighted the recognition of British content material outdoors the UK, with a whopping 633 million hours consumed within the U.S. alone. We now have beforehand reported on how American viewers flocked to UK streaming content material after the strikes. In Argentina, Australia and The Netherlands, share of viewing to British content material was even larger than within the UK, Digital-i famous.
