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JTBC’s winning streak continues, “Missed Connections” puts Philippines’ films on Netflix’s global map
15 June 2023
Spanish mystery/thriller “Fake Profile” continued its win on the latest Netflix’s global top 10 TV non-English chart for the week of 5-11 June, albeit with a 15% drop in viewing hours week-on-week.
At 64.73 million hours viewed in its second week on the top 10, “Fake Profile” came in way ahead of the #2 title – Korea’s webcomic-based crime/action series, “Bloodhounds”.
“Bloodhounds”, which premiered on 9 June, debuted on the global list during the latest week with 27.97 million hours viewed – about 60% fewer than “Fake Profile”.
“Bloodhounds” is about two young boxers (played by Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi) who join forces with a benevolent moneylender to take down a loan shark who preys on the financially desperate.
The series is co-produced by Webtoon’s Studio N (“Sweet Home”, “Yumi’s Cells”), Seed Film (“Love and Leashes”) and Seven Osix (“The Divine Fury”), and directed/written by Kim Joo-hwan ("Midnight Runners").
“Bloodhounds” ranked #1 in Korea, and was on the top 10 TV charts in 39 other countries, including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.
Korean broadcaster/programmer/producer, JTBC/SLL’s winning streak continued in the latest week; the studio was behind the three other Korean titles on the list.
The three were comedy “The Good Bad Mother” with 26.06 million viewing hours (#3) in its sixth week; medical/family/comedy “Doctor Cha” with 25.32 million viewing hours (#4) in its seventh week; and workplace series “Agency” with 9.6 million hours viewed (#7) in its second week.
Although by no means the worst week of non-English-language TV on Netflix, viewing hours for the week increased to a total of 219.42 million from the previous week’s 212.26 million.
The sole title from Japan, “The Days”, based on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in 2011, returned at #5 for the second week, with an increase in viewing hours to 25.08 million from the previous week’s 16.98 million hours.
On the film charts, Filipino romcom, “Missed Connections”, was one of only two Asia films on Netflix’s global top 10 non-English films for the week...
Spanish mystery/thriller “Fake Profile” continued its win on the latest Netflix’s global top 10 TV non-English chart for the week of 5-11 June, albeit with a 15% drop in viewing hours week-on-week.
At 64.73 million hours viewed in its second week on the top 10, “Fake Profile” came in way ahead of the #2 title – Korea’s webcomic-based crime/action series, “Bloodhounds”.
“Bloodhounds”, which premiered on 9 June, debuted on the global list during the latest week with 27.97 million hours viewed – about 60% fewer than “Fake Profile”.
“Bloodhounds” is about two young boxers (played by Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi) who join forces with a benevolent moneylender to take down a loan shark who preys on the financially desperate.
The series is co-produced by Webtoon’s Studio N (“Sweet Home”, “Yumi’s Cells”), Seed Film (“Love and Leashes”) and Seven Osix (“The Divine Fury”), and directed/written by Kim Joo-hwan ("Midnight Runners").
“Bloodhounds” ranked #1 in Korea, and was on the top 10 TV charts in 39 other countries, including Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.
Korean broadcaster/programmer/producer, JTBC/SLL’s winning streak continued in the latest week; the studio was behind the three other Korean titles on the list.
The three were comedy “The Good Bad Mother” with 26.06 million viewing hours (#3) in its sixth week; medical/family/comedy “Doctor Cha” with 25.32 million viewing hours (#4) in its seventh week; and workplace series “Agency” with 9.6 million hours viewed (#7) in its second week.
Although by no means the worst week of non-English-language TV on Netflix, viewing hours for the week increased to a total of 219.42 million from the previous week’s 212.26 million.
The sole title from Japan, “The Days”, based on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in 2011, returned at #5 for the second week, with an increase in viewing hours to 25.08 million from the previous week’s 16.98 million hours.
On the film charts, Filipino romcom, “Missed Connections”, was one of only two Asia films on Netflix’s global top 10 non-English films for the week of 5-11 June 2023.
The second was “Gumraah”, a 2023 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller directed by Vardhan Ketkar and produced by T-Series Films and Murad Khetani's Cine1 Studios.
“Gumraah” was fourth with 8.35 million hours viewed in its second week on the non-English film top 10.
“Missed Connections”, which debuted on the list at #9 with 2.09 million hours viewed, stars Miles Ocampo as an offbeat and lonely young woman willing to do ridiculous and awkward things to find a boyfriend.
The top film for the week was Danish romance “A Beautiful Life”, watched for 17.42 million hours.
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