Netflix's New Tearjerker With 30% RT Score Becomes A Streaming Hit

For the past six weeks, the animated KPop Demon Hunters has been dominating Netflix‘s Global Top 10 chart, finishing in first or second place every week since its release on June 20. It’s even earned the distinction of becoming Netflix’s fourth most-watched movie of all time with 158.8 million views, ranking behind Don’t Look Up, Carry-On, and Red Notice.

However, for the past two weeks since its release on July 25, it’s been Happy Gilmore 2 that has topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 chart with 46.7 million views and 40.8 million views, respectively. In fact, Happy Gilmore 2 received 46.7 million views within its first three days, marking the biggest debut ever for any Adam Sandler movie on Netflix.

Happy Gilmore 2 also recorded the largest opening weekend ever for a Netflix film in the United States. While these two тιтles have been dominating the streamer’s charts for the past few weeks, Netflix has a new movie on its Global Top 10 chart this week.

My Oxford Year Becomes A Streaming Hit

My Oxford Year has become a streaming hit. Directed by Iain Morris, with a script written by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne based on the book by Julia Whelan, Netflix’s new romantic drama follows a determined American student who travels to the University of Oxford to pursue her dreams, but meets a charming local who changes the course of both their lives.

Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest lead My Oxford Year‘s cast alongside Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Harry Trevaldwyn, Hugh Coles, Poppy Gilbert, Barney Harris, and more in supporting roles.

For the week of July 28 to August 3, My Oxford Year ranks third on Netflix’s Global Top 10 movies with 24.6 million views. It ranks below KPop Demon Hunters, Happy Gilmore 2, and above the original Happy Gilmore, Gladiator II, Trainwreck: Storm Area 51: Season 1, H๏τel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Flightplan, Rampage, and Madea’s Destination Wedding.

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As usual for Netflix, My Oxford Year has ascended the streamer’s Global Top 10 chart despite garnering negative reactions from critics and audiences, earning 30% and 43% scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics say My Oxford Year is dull, predictable, and emotionally shallow, with a derivative script, flimsy character development, and a lack of genuine conflict or narrative idenтιтy.

For instance, in ScreenRant‘s My Oxford Year review, Mary Kᴀssel writes, “I’ll quickly forget Netflix’s tear-jerking romantic drama thanks to its empty narrative… At times atmospheric, but forgettable, My Oxford Year leans on emotional minefields and the romanticization of academia to make up for a weak story.” Though My Oxford Year is enjoying its time in the limelight, it will likely soon be forgotten.

Source: Netflix