Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Tops Netflix Charts Globally
The film's distinctive visual style and upcoming R-rated director's cut generate buzz, despite initial negative reviews.
- Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire has become the #1 movie on Netflix worldwide, with 23.9 million views in the first three days alone.
- The movie has been particularly popular with Hispanic households, over-indexing by 12% compared to the rest of the country.
- The film's distinctive look was achieved through a new lens created specifically for the project, which gave the movie a retro, almost direct-to-video look.
- An R-rated director's cut of the film, described as 'hardcore' and significantly different from the PG-13 version, has been shot and is expected to be released on Netflix at a later date.
- Despite initially receiving a low critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has become the most popular movie of the week on the platform.