Overview
- For Dec. 8–14, the film led Netflix worldwide with 20.2 million views and 49.2 million hours watched after arriving on Dec. 12, and it has remained the top movie on global and U.S. charts for a full week, per FlixPatrol.
- Critical and audience reception remains high, with Rotten Tomatoes showing 92% from critics and 94% from viewers, including praise for its faith-centered approach and Josh O’Connor’s performance.
- Set around a locked-room case in a small church, the third Benoit Blanc mystery deepens the character by confronting his nonreligious stance and his pointed critique of the Catholic Church’s record.
- With Wake Up Dead Man completing the Netflix pact, rights revert to Johnson and Ram Bergman, who say the franchise remains theirs.
- Johnson says he has only conceptual ideas for a fourth film and plans to make an original project next, signaling that any follow-up is not imminent.