Netflix's 'Bright' Nabs 11 Million Viewers In Its Opening Weekend | THR News - video Dailymotion

The critically maligned movie debuted on the streaming service over Christmas weekend, skewing young and male.

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00:00If we do this, we'll be heroes forever.

00:05Netflix's Bright may not have received shining reviews among movie critics,

00:10but the streaming giant's pricey feature film has at least found a silver lining with viewers.

00:14The film had a stellar opening weekend on the platform, per Nielsen MediaStats.

00:18An average 11 million U.S. Netflix subscribers watched the David Ayer fantasy drama

00:23over its first three days on the streaming service, a long weekend that included a busy Christmas Eve.

00:28Between December 22 and 24, a young and male-skewing audience tuned in for one of the streamer's

00:34biggest feature film releases to date, one that cost them a reported $90 million.

00:39Of the 11 million people who've already watched Bright, 7 million fell into the younger demo

00:44of adults 18 to 49. 56 percent of the total audience was male.

00:48The perceived success of Bright comes after a near-universal panning from critics.

00:52The Will Smith and Joel Edgerton fantasy cop drama currently boasts a dismal 28 percent

00:57on Rotten Tomatoes, and an equally disappointing 29 out of 100 on Metacritic.

01:02The Hollywood Reporter's critic, John DeFore, called the film embarrassing.

01:07I need you to take your fat, Shrek-looking ass back the fuck home to Fiona!

01:13Alright?

01:15Now, there's no comparison with the holiday box office, since a ticket to Bright required

01:20little more than a click of an Apple TV remote. But it's worth noting that the movie fell far short of Netflix's

01:25biggest TV entry of the last few months. Stranger Things 2 saw more than 15 million viewers

01:30tune in to its premiere over the same period of time.

01:33Still, it's worth a reminder that both those stats are likely underestimates.

01:37Nielsen currently only measures Netflix usage over traditional TVs, losing the many viewers

01:41tuning in on desktop and mobile.

01:43So, I want to know, did you watch Bright on Netflix over the holidays?

01:46If so, be sure to leave your review in the comments.

01:49For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.