The popularity of Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion continues to break records on Nielsen’s streaming chart after the Knives Out sequel took the title of being the most streamed movie within a monitored week. As per Deadline, on its first full week of release between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1, Glass Onion passed both Hocus Pocus 2 and Wonder Woman 1984 with 2.9 billion minutes viewed. Added to its opening week, which consisted of only a few days, Glass Onion now holds two places on Top Ten weekly volumes since Nielsen began compiling data.
Starring Daniel Craig as eccentric detective Benoit Blanc, Glass Onion is the second of three movies based on the character, and that could just be the start of the franchise if Rian Johnson has his way. Knives Out was a big hit in 2019, and Netflix paid a lot of money to acquire two sequels, the first of which is Glass Onion.
Having been given a very small theatrical run, Glass Onion was already being talked about and praised by both critics and audiences when it finally arrived on Netflix just before Christmas. The impact was instant, and the movie jumped straight to the top of the streamer’s movie chart with a huge opening audience. While this certainly confirmed that Netflix’s investment in the franchise was one of their best decisions, whether Rian Johnson can strike gold a third time is something that will not be known until Knives Out 3 arrives sometime in the next couple of years.
