Netflix's Norwegian monster movie Troll is now the streamer's most-watched non-English language movie ever.
The film has accumulated over 128 million hours viewed since its debut on December 1 – overtaking the record previously held by 2021 German horror Blood Red Sky – and has landed in the top 10 in 93 countries.
Directed by Tomb Raider 2018's Roar Uthaug, Troll follows a palaeontologist and her professor father as they desperately attempt to stop an ancient troll awakened in the Norwegian mountains from wreaking deadly havoc in Oslo.
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The movie has also been certified fresh with a current critics score of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Troll isn't the only project to set a new Netflix record in recent weeks – the streaming platform's Addams Family spin-off Wednesday surpassed Stranger Things' record for the most hours viewed in a single week.
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While the fourth season of Stranger Things was watched for 301.3 million hours in its first week, Wednesday broke the record by a landslide with a whopping 341.2 million hours viewed.
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"Being an outcast has never been more IN as Wednesday, the supernatural-infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams' years at Nevermore Academy, debuted in the #1 spot with a record-breaking 341.2m hours viewed," Netflix said in a statement.
"The series now holds the record for the most hours viewed in a week for an English-language TV series on Netflix. Starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday with an impressive cast of characters and directed and executive produced by Tim Burton, with showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar, the series was #1 in 83 countries."
Troll and Wednesday are available to stream now on Netflix.
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