Uploaded on Netflix only four days ago, this film is one of the most viewed of the year 2024. This Christmas thriller has climbed the rankings in 93 countries and is panicking the counters.
Netflix continues to surprise its subscribers month after month. On December 13, the SVOD giant unveiled its new action film, Carry-On. Classified in the category of Christmas films, it nevertheless moves away from classic scenarios centered on end-of-year romances. Carry-On breaks the codes of classic Christmas films and is very popular with Netflix subscribers, since it is in first place in the top most viewed films of the moment since its release. In just four days, it is one of the most viewed films of 2024 on Netflixthus placing itself in the top 10 of 93 countries and even number 1 in 77 countries. With 42 million views and 84 million hours viewed, it signs the best start of the year for a film on Netflixin front The Lady and the Dragon with Millie Bobby Brown which had 35.3 million views for its first week and is the most viewed film on Netflix between January and June 2024. Enough to soon be included in the top of the most viewed films in the history of Netflix?
What does the film say? Carry-On who is a hit on Netflix?
The story of this Netflix novelty follows Ethan Kopek, an agent who works at an airport and who ensures the safety of passengers by screening all checked baggage. On Christmas Eve, a traveler will give Ethan a hard time. He contacts him to ask him to let a dangerous package pass through security so that he can board a flight in complete peace of mind. To achieve his ends, he blackmails her. Either he accepts what he asks, or Nora, Ethan’s pregnant girlfriend who also works at the airport, will be killed. Ethan will then try to thwart the plans of this mysterious traveler.
A sequel for Carry-On is it possible?
Sofia Carson, who plays the role of Nora, gave an interview to Tele-Leisure where she revealed that she was more than up for filming a sequel to Carry-On. “I think this ending could definitely lead to a second film”she declared, before adding: “At the end of the movie we see them with their baby and Ethan has become a police officer, which is what he always wanted to be. So I think that could lead to, who knows, an extraordinary new situation that Ethan will have to face again. Ethan and Nora would end up in this situation together and team up. So who knows?” The cards are now in the hands of the SVOD giant.
Article written with the collaboration of 6médias.
